FREE-FLOATING FEAR
the term for a generalized sense of fear that is not directed toward a particular object or situation.
FREQUENCY POLYGON
the name given to the graph that depicts a statistical distribution that is made up of lines connecting the peaks…
FRINGE CONSCIOUSNESS
These are the aspects of our consciousness and experience that lack the focal and perceptual qualities. They vary a lot…
FRUSTRATION
1. thwarting of impulses and actions. 2. Emotional state when thwarting happens. 3. Psychoanalytic theory. Damming up of psychic energy…
FUNCTION WORD
a word with little or no meaning when by itself but plays an important role in our language. Examples are…
FUNCTIONAL CONFORMANCE
Environmental design. Provision of the objects and equipment needed to adapt an environment to a given set of functional uses…
FUNCTIONAL MEASUREMENT
a procedure to measure the functional experience of stimuli as it changes across different contexts.2 or more stimuli are observed…
FUNDAMENTAL SKILL
1. The ability needed to perform a task or understand an idea. 2. The basic ability necessary to function competently…
FACIAL ACTION CODING SYSTEM (FACS)
involves classifying (FACS is a coding system) facial expressions using the movements of particular facial muscles, examples including the orbicularis…
FACT RETRIEVAL
is a process through which the majority (if not all individuals) will under-take during their lifetime being the process of…
FACTORIAL INVARIANCE
is a theory which implies all variables (not only certain variables in a select group) remain identical during the processes…
FALSE NEGATIVE
has a range of applications to a range of real life situations, for example, a false negative in diagnostics may…
FAMILY ROMANCE
is according to Sigmund Freud the result of an over or under developed oedipus complex where the child believes they…
FATTY ACID
are one of the millions of precursor molecules and microscopically small molecules which are found in the naturally occuring world,…
FEASIBILITY TEST
the investigation that is carried out before a study begins to determine if it will be a success or not.…
FECHNER'S LAW
a law that relates subjective experience to changes in stimulus intensity. This psychophysical formula proposes that the sensation experienced is…