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FILOPODIUM

a term that is used to describe the very fine and tubular growth out from a cell. This may be

FIRST IMPRESSION

the term applied to the initial impression we have of another person when we meet them for the first time.

FITNESS

1. The set of attributes a person has that enables them to carry out daily tasks and perform physical work.

FIXEDNESS

a term that is used in problem solving. See functional fixedness.

FLEXION REFLEX

the term that describes an abrupt withdrawal of an arm or a leg that is in response to a painful

FLOCCILLATION

used to describe the aimless grasping and plucking at clothing or bedding by a person suffering from dementia, delirium, extreme

FLUENT SPEECH

This term is applied to speech that is essentially normal in quantity, stress, pitch, rhythm, and intonation. A person with

FOCAL ATTENTION

name given to the attention we focus on a certain stimuli while disregarding the rest. Information in our attention span

FOCUSING EFFECT

Is used in ESP and psychokinesis where a person's performance is better when the target is the attention of special

FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH)

the gonadotropin that is released by the anterior pituitary gland. In females it stimulates development in the ovary of graafian

FORAMINOTOMY

the surgical enlargement of one of the foramina between adjacent vertebrae that spinal nerves pass. It is done by enlarging

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

This involves the application of psychological principles and techniques to situations involving the law or legal systems that are criminal

FORMAL FAL

a term used when involving a violation of a principle that is in formal logic. It is either affirming the

FORMICATION

a term used to describe a very distressing sensation of ants and other insects crawling on a person's skin. It

FOSTERING

the name that is given to the process of giving care to a child or person in a family setting

FRAGRANT

1. This denotes a smell that is like vanilla and flowers. 2. one of the 4 primary odour qualities in

FREE OPERANT

the name that is given to the response to a situation that occurs freely at any time. See operant.

FREE-RUNNING RHYTHM

the term for the cycle of behavior or physiological activity that occurs if external stimuli do not provide entrainment. See

FREQUENCY SELECTIVITY

the property of a system that allows it to be tunes to respond to certain frequencies that give a better

FRINGER

name used to describe a person on the margins of a social group, who is neither genuinely accepted nor clearly