FOCAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
the term for a short-term therapy aimed at the relief of a single symptom, such as a phobic anxiety or…
FOLIE A GROUPE
This term is applied to a group of people that have an irrational but validated idea like a group of…
FOOD CACHING
a term applied to animals that store food for later consumption. Some birds will save enough food to eat over…
FORCED-CHOICE TEST
term that is used in a signal detection test where several intervals are given with only one having the signal…
FORMAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
These are the official patterns of coordination and control, workflow, authority and communication that channel the activity of the members…
FOUR-FIFTHS RULE
the name of the arbitrary rule of thumb for determining a prima facie case of discrimination, as it is set…
FRAME-OF-REFERENCE TRAINING
the name of the training given to people responsible for evaluating employees in order to improve performance and accuracy ratings.
FRENUM FRENZY
the name for the temporary state of wild excitement, mental agitation and violent behavior. It has been associated with mania…
FREUDIAN THEORY OF PERSONALITY
A general psychoanalytic concept of character and personality being the product of fixations and experiences that stem form early stages…
FRONTAL CORTEX
the name of the most anterior part of the cerebral cortex. See also prefrontal cortex.
FUNCTIONAL ANALYTIC CAUSAL MODEL (FACM)
a vector diagram of a functional analysis of a person that visually presents a clinician's conjectures or theories about the…
FUNCTIONAL FIXEDNESS
a term used in problem solving where there is a tendency to cling to set patterns and overlook possible new…
FUNCTIONAL RESERVE
A degree to which the brain is able to adapt functionally to a brain injury. Thought to depend on such…
FUSIONAL LANGUAGE
a language that forms words by the fusion of morphemes, so that the constituent elements of a word are not…
FACE RECOGNITION
is the process of identifying an individual using their facial features and expressions which individual's typically remember greater and for…
FACIAL-AFFECT PROGRAM
is a purely hypothetical creation based on a set of central nervous system nerves, which could be responsible for the…