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FREE PLAY

a form of play that is not controlled or directed by a group leader, teacher or play therapist. Compare organized

FREEZING BEHAVIOR

the term for a form of passive avoidance where a person remains still and makes no effort to run or

FREQUENCY TABLE

a numerical summary of the frequency of occurrences of the particular values of a measurement.

FROBELISM

a method of education developed by Friedrich Frobel who originated the kindergarten system that is important for a child's development

FRUSTRATION-REGRESSION HYPOTHESIS

The theory that frustration often leads to behavior characteristic of a much earlier period of life and was proposed in

FUNCTIONAL AGE

term for a person's age that is determined as a measure of their functional capabilities that have been indexed to

FUNCTIONAL DISTANCE

the degree to which an arrangement of residential faculties will influence the probability of any unplanned social interactions by the

FUNCTIONAL PLASTICITY

1. Adaptive change. 2. Ability of one part of our brain to adapt to losing another part. One hemisphere will

FUNNEL SEQUENCE

the term applied to a method for structuring the order of questions in surveys and interviews that starts with general

F TEST

is an umbrella term used to describe any test which looks at hypotheses which reliy on the sampling distribution with

FACIAL EXPRESSION

was first theorized and discussed by the British biologist Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) as a form of communication between

FACTOR ANALYSIS

is the mathematical process during which a larger set of variables is reduced to better accommodate the experimental design to

FACULTY PSYCHOLOGY

was first proposed by the 18th century by Scottish philosophers Thomas Reid (1710 - 1796) and Dugald Stewart (1753 -

FALLOPIAN TUBE

is one of the slender fleshy tubes found predominantly in the mammal kingdom that allow the passage of ova (egg

FALSE SELF

was one of the primary canons postulated by the British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott (1896 - 1971) in the larger and

FAMILY CONSTELLATION

has also been associated with Alfred Adler; the family constellation refers to the collection of relationships within a particular family

FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY

is otherwise known as the Bowen Family Systems Theory. Family systems theory is a broad conceptual model which is the

FAT METABOLISM

is an umbrella term which is used to describe all the biochemical processes which are involved in the breakdown, manufacture,

FEAR OF COMMITMENT

is observed globally in a range of real-life applications from marriage to a new career, where the individual will feel

FEATURE DETECTOR

These are the various hypothetical or actual mechanisms within the human information-processing system that respond selectively to specific distinguishing features.