FIGURAL COHESION
the principle of Gestalt psychology that describes the tendency for parts of a figure to be perceived as a whole…
FILIFORM PAPILLAE
name of the most common of the four types of papillae, covering most of the surface of the human tongue…
FIRE-SETTING BEHAVIOR
a term that is used to describe a person's behaviour who has the tendency to set fires. Compare pyromania.
FIXED FACTOR
an independent variable in an experimental design where the levels are set by the researcher and are not generated randomly…
FLIGHT OF COLORS
the term that is applied to the after-image that consists of a succession of colours that occurs after exposure to…
FLUCTUATION OF ATTENTION
a term that is applied to the changing of sensory clarity even though the stimulation stays a constant.
FLY AGARIC
Comes from a poisonous mushroom Amantia inuscaria that was a pesticide. It is a stimulant that produces euphoria, hallucinations, hyperactivity…
FOCUS OF CONVENIENCE
seen in George Kelly's personality theory and is the name of the set of phenomena to which any given theory…
FOOT-IN-THE-DOOR TECHNIQUE
the two part procedure for enhancing compliance where a minor initial request is presented immediately before the more substantial target…
FORM DISCRIMINATION
the term that is used to describe a person's ability to use their senses, mainly vision and touch, to judge…
FORMATIVE EVALUATION
the name of the process that is concerned with helping to improve or guide the development of a program through…
FRACTIONAL REPLICATION DESIGN
the name of an experimental design where each level of each independent variable is not assessed in combination with every…
FREE ENERGY
Psychoanalytic theory. the psychic and mobile energy that is located in the id and is associated with primary processes. Compare…
FREE-FLOATING ANXIETY
1. A chronic sense of uneasiness and apprehension that is not directed at anything. Often seen in anxiety disorders. 2.…
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
the plot of the frequency of occurrence of scores of various sizes that have been arranged from lowest to highest…