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FATIGUE EFFECT

is one of the many effects attributed to fatigue, where the individual gradually becomes less and less efficient, even when

FEAR-INDUCED AGGRESSION

a form of animal aggression where the animal will attack only after it has been severely threatened and cornered.

FECHNER, GUSTAV THEODOR

Physician who didn't practice medicine but studied natural philosophy. After an illness he spent time looking at mental and physical

FEEDING TECHNIQUE

the manner in which an infant is fed. The technique will be breast fed or bottle fed.

FEMALE SPERM

This term is given to the spermatozoa that bear an X chromosome and therefore determine that an ovum they fertilise

FERREE-RAND DOUBLE BROKEN CIRCLES

a figure that is used to test for visual acuity and astigmatism. A gap size is for acuity and if

FETICIDE

the term used when a foetus or embryo is destroyed in the uterus. See abortion.

FIELD EXPERIMENT

an experiment that is not conducted inside a laboratory but is done outside in the real world setting. Participants are

FIGURAL SYNTHESIS

our creation of a meaningful figure from the synthesis of selected portions of the incoming stimulus input that was proposed

FILLED-SPACE ILLUSION

term that is used to describe the source of a distortion seen in distance estimation. Distance estimation increases as a

FIREWALL

device or a program that is used to stop unwanted codes and data from entering a computer. Unwanted is blocked

FISTULA

the name that is given to a passageway that is not normal between 2 internal organs or an organ and

FIXED-ACTION PATTERN (FAP)

Classical ethology. It is a stereotyped and genetically preprogrammed, species-specific behavioral sequence that is evoked by a particular stimulus and

FLESCH INDEX

the name of a system used to evaluate the readability and reading level of a document. Words and sentences are

FLIGHT OF IDEAS

a disturbance in the thinking processes that is a rapid and continuous succession of ideas that are related. It can

FLUCTUATION OF PERCEPTION

the tendency for perception to alternate between competing stimuli that cannot be integrated or synthesized with each other. See bi-stable

FLYNN EFFECT

name of the gradual rise in IQ levels since records were started. The average is the same but the raw

FOCUSED ANALYSIS

a modification of orthodox psycho

FOLKLORE

the term that is given to the traditions, legends, tales and beliefs that includes songs and poems of a specific

FORAGING

the term applied to the searching and locating of food and it subsequent ingestion. It involves many steps such as