FINGER LOCALIZATION TEST
the name of a 60 item test of neurophysiology in 3 parts. A finger is touched and identified, then the…
FISHBOWL TECHNIQUE
a process used in groups where people form an inner and an outer circle. The outer circle observes the inner…
FIXATION PAUSE
a term that is used to describe a period when the eyes are focused directly on an object they are…
FLAT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
The organizational structure in which there are relatively few levels of management. In recent decades there has been a general…
FLIGHT INTO HEALTH
Psychotherapy. an abrupt recuperation by a client either before or during intake interviews and before therapy begins. A person does…
FLURAZEPAM
the name of a derivative from benzodiazepine that is used in short term treatment of people suffering from insomnia.
FOCUS GAMBLING
seen in tasks that require the generation of hypotheses about what combination of features defines a concept, a strategy in…
FOREWARNING OF PERSUASIVE POSITION
the term applied to the receipt of information that a subsequent communication will contain arguments for a particular attitudinal position.
FORMAL THOUGHT DISORDER
the name that is applied to a disturbance of thought processes that features a disruption in the form and structure…
FORWARD DISPLACEMENT
Parapsychology experiments. Zener cards are used for a trial and the person's answer matches the next card they are thinking…
FOVEA CENTRALIS
the name of the small depression found in the retina where the lens will focus an image the clearest. Retinal…
FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY
a large-scale long range survey focused on understanding, preventing and treating cardiovascular disease. Conducted for over 50 years, the study…
FREEDOM FROM DISTRACTIBILITY INDEX
an index that is calculated using the Wechsler adult intelligence scale and other Wechsler tests that measures a person's short…
FREQUENCY ANALYSIS WAVEFORM
This term applies to the frequency of a pure tone and is the number of cycles of sinusoidal pressure variant…
FRIEDMAN TEST
the non-parametric test of the equality of medians that are in repeated measures of a matched group. Defined by Herbert…
FRONTAL LOBE SYNDROME
a mental disorder from a lesion in the frontal lobe featuring an impairment of purposeful behaviour, emotional inability, poor social…