FOREWARNING OF PERSUASIVE POSITION
the term applied to the receipt of information that a subsequent communication will contain arguments for a particular attitudinal position.
FORMAL THOUGHT DISORDER
the name that is applied to a disturbance of thought processes that features a disruption in the form and structure…
FORWARD DISPLACEMENT
Parapsychology experiments. Zener cards are used for a trial and the person's answer matches the next card they are thinking…
FOVEA CENTRALIS
the name of the small depression found in the retina where the lens will focus an image the clearest. Retinal…
FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY
a large-scale long range survey focused on understanding, preventing and treating cardiovascular disease. Conducted for over 50 years, the study…
FREEDOM FROM DISTRACTIBILITY INDEX
an index that is calculated using the Wechsler adult intelligence scale and other Wechsler tests that measures a person's short…
FREQUENCY ANALYSIS WAVEFORM
This term applies to the frequency of a pure tone and is the number of cycles of sinusoidal pressure variant…
FRIEDMAN TEST
the non-parametric test of the equality of medians that are in repeated measures of a matched group. Defined by Herbert…
FRONTAL LOBE SYNDROME
a mental disorder from a lesion in the frontal lobe featuring an impairment of purposeful behaviour, emotional inability, poor social…
FULL INCLUSION
The practice of providing children with disabilities with services in their home school and placing them in a regular classroom…
FUNCTIONAL AUTONOMY
the tendency for drive motivated behavior to develop derivative drives, such that behavior may become independent of the original drive.…
FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE (FIM)
a measure used in the rehabilitation of routine motor, cognitive and self-care skills to provide a person a measure of…
FUNCTIONAL STATUS
the measure of a person's ability to perform activities of daily living independently. Functional status may be used as an…
FUTURE SHOCK
the personal confusion and social disorientation that accompany very rapid technological and social change. It was defined by U.S. futurist…