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.…
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…
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…