FEATURE ABSTRACTION
Hypothetical process where a person learns from experience with the exemplars of different categories where features are used to describe…
FEELING OF REALITY
the sense that the world is tangible that can be lost in mild dissociative conditions and in more serious disorders…
FEMININITY PHASE
This period occurs during the early phases of the OEDIPUS complex in which both boys and girls adopt a feminine…
FESTINGER, LEON
This man was hired as a statistician for World War II and was involved in the training and selection of…
FIELD OF REGARD
the term that is used to describe the total space and all of the objects that are in that space…
FIGURE-GROUND
a term used to describe things that relate to the principle that says perceptions have 2 parts. The first is…
FIRST-EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA
the first time a person suffers an episode of schizophrenia when they meet the certain criteria needed for it to…
FIXED-TIME SCHEDULE
Used in conditioning. The circumstances under which an event is delivered that is independent of other events at fixed intervals…
FLEXOR MUSCLE
the name that is given to the muscle whose contraction will cause a bend of a limb. An example is…
FLUID INTELLIGENCE
the name of the form of intelligence that comprises all of our fluid abilities. See fluid crystallised intelligence theory.
FOCAL LENGTH
Name given to the distance between the surface of a lens and the point at which it focuses the light…
FOCUSING POWER
the name for the degree to which a converging lens will cause parallel light rays to be refracted. A high…
FOLLOW-UP COUNSELING
1. The steps taken by a therapist to help a client with any ongoing problems or new symptoms that may…
FORCED COMPLIANCE EFFECT
the tendency of a person who has behaved in a way that contradicts their attitude to subsequently alter the attitude…
FORENSIC SOCIAL WORK
Application of social work principles and techniques to legal issues or situations involving the law, civil and criminal. It includes…