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 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…