FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME (FAS)
a condition associated with extreme maternal alcohol intake during pregnancy. It shows a low birth weight and retarded growth, craniofacial…
FIELD RESEARCH
the term that is used to describe any research that is undertaken outside a laboratory and in a natural, social…
FIGURE-GROUND PERCEPTION
a term given to our ability to discriminate between the background and the object in our field of vision. Impairment…
FILTERED SPEECH
This term is used to describe the words that have been filtered to only let a certain frequency band to…
FIRST-LINE MEDICATION
the name given to a doctor's drug of choice for a particular condition that is an effective treatment that has…
FITTS MOVEMENT TASK
the name that is used for a motor skills test that will show the relationship between speed and accuracy of…
FLACCID PARALYSIS
the name that is given to a paralysis that is marked by a loss of muscle tone and an absence…
FLUID-CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE THEORY
the theory that intelligence is of 2 kinds, fluid and crystallised. Fluid copes with new problems and situations where as…
FOCAL LESION
the term that is applied to a lesion that has been restricted to a specific region of the brain or…
FOLIATE PAPILLAE
The swellings along the lateral margins of our tongue, 5 to 7 on each side and shaped like a leaf.…
FOLLOW-UP STUDY
the study undertaken to see if the short term effects of a therapy will continue after a certain period of…
FORCED COPULATION
the copulation of a male with an unwilling female seen in animals and insects. The larger male will monopolise the…
FOREPERIOD
a term that is seen in reaction time experiments and is the pause seen between the ready signal and the…
FORMAL GROUP
the name that is given to any group that has been deliberately formed by members for a specific purpose. It…
FORMS OF ADDRESS
These are the terms that are applied to the way in which we address each other in a written or…
FOUR GOALS OF EDUCATION
These are the passion for learning, passion for living, the compassion for the larger society and the willingness to develop…
FRAME OF REFERENCE
1. Social psychology. the set of assumptions or criteria that a person or group judges ideas, actions and experiences. 2.…