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FATIGUE

is a medical term which is used to describe a period of extreme tiredness, as a result of emotional strain,

FEARED SELF

Self-concept. Mental representation of psychological attributes a person may possess in the future and their fear of them. This fear

FECAL INCONTINENCE

the involuntary passage of flatulence and feces in inappropriate places (clothing, floor, etc.) that results from loss of bowel control

FEEDING CENTER

the traditional name for the region of the lateral hypothalamus in the brain that, when stimulated, produces eating behavior. Also

FEMALE ORGASMIC DISORDER

the absence of female orgasm following normal sexual stimulation. This may be a lifelong problem or it may have developed

FERAL CHILDREN

This term is applied to children that reportedly have been raised by wild animals and isolated from human contact. An

FETAL TOBACCO SYNDROME

a condition in infants born to mothers who smoked excessively during pregnancy and is marked by low birth weight.

FIELD

1. A defined area of space. 2. The complex factors of a psychological event. 3. An area of expertise. 4.

FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT

the term that describes the Gestalt perceptual phenomenon where a shift of vision from the first figure superimposes its image

FILICIDE

the term that is used to describe a parents' intentional killing of their own children. It is rare and often

FINITE-STATE GRAMMAR

Noam Chomsky in 1957, proposed that grammar generated a sentence one unit at a time in a sequence from left

FISSION

1. Biology. The cell reproduction of an organism by dividing into 2 parts. 2. Separating 2 sounds into different perceptual

FIXED CLASS SOCIETY

the name that is applied to a society that has very little or no social mobility. An example is the

FLEETING PRESENT

a term that is used to describe the ever changing present moment of our conscious experience. This was defined by

FLIGHT INTO REALITY

The defensive reaction where a person becomes over-involved in activity and work as an unconscious means of avoiding threatening situations

FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY

a term applied to the degree to which the symmetry of body parts of individuals will vary from the norm

FLUVOXAMINE

the name that has been given to a potent SSRI that is used to mainly treat obsessive compulsive disorders.

FOCUS OF ATTENTION

the term that is applied to that aspect of an internal or external event to which a person's attention is

FOLK PSYCHOLOGY

1. The explanation and prediction of behaviour of others using references to their mental states. . 2. Obsolete name for

FOOTEDNESS

a term that is used for the preferential use of one foot rather than the other, for example, in kicking.