FORWARD SELECTION
the variable selection or model building technique that is used in multiple regressions where variables are added to the model…
FRACTIONAL ANTEDATING GOAL RESPONSE
the name given to a reaction that develops progressively earlier in conditioning a series of responses and may become a…
FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION
the name given to the US educational provision where each student will receive appropriate education for any level of disability…
FREEDOM TO WITHDRAW
the term that is given to the right that a participant in research has to be able to drop out…
FREQUENCY CURVE
the term applied to the smoothed curve that is derived from empirical data that represents the density function of the…
FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA
a hereditary and progressive syndrome of muscular incoordination resulting from degenerating nerve tissue in the spinal cord and the nerves…
FRONTAL LOBOTOMY
a surgical procedure where the nerve fibres that connect the frontal lobe to the rest of the brain are cut…
FULLERTON-CATTELL LAW
the generalization that errors of observation and difference threshold are proportional to the square root of the magnitude of the…
FUNCTIONAL INVARIANT
Found in Jean Piaget's theory. This term applies to any of the processes of organisation and adaptation that characterise the…
FUNCTIONAL TYPES
Carl Jung. The 4 personality types based on functions of ego. They are feeling type, thinking type, sensation type, intuitive…
FUTURE-MINDEDNESS
the term used for the ability to engage in means to end future about the future. Being able to think…
FACE-SAVING BEHAVIOR
is similar to facework, in that face-saving behaviours are acts where an individual will attempt to uphold their dignity addressing…
FACILITATIVE ANXIETY
is a particular level of anxiety which an individual, normally an athlete, would consider to actually become advantageous to their…
FACTOR THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE
is one of the many theories which argue the existance of various factors which affect an individual's intelligence. These factors…
FALSE DEMENTIA
is a medical phenomena when the condition actually mimics the symptoms of dementia but is in actual fact a simple…
FAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA
is otherwise know as the Riley-Day syndrome. Familial dysautonomia is an autosomal recessive disorder which affects primarily the nerve functions…
FAMILY PATTERN
typically fluctuate across different cultures. Family patterns are the characteristic qualities of specific relationships within a family unit or collective…
FARTLEK TRAINING
is one of the many various types of athletic training which involves alternating periods of intense exercise through running for…