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FLUID INTELLIGENCE

the name of the form of intelligence that comprises all of our fluid abilities. See fluid crystallised intelligence theory.

FOCAL LENGTH

Name given to the distance between the surface of a lens and the point at which it focuses the light…

FOCUSING POWER

the name for the degree to which a converging lens will cause parallel light rays to be refracted. A high…

FOLLOW-UP COUNSELING

1. The steps taken by a therapist to help a client with any ongoing problems or new symptoms that may…

FORCED COMPLIANCE EFFECT

the tendency of a person who has behaved in a way that contradicts their attitude to subsequently alter the attitude…

FORENSIC SOCIAL WORK

Application of social work principles and techniques to legal issues or situations involving the law, civil and criminal. It includes…

FORMAL GRAMMAR

a term that is applied to the description of language in terms of its form and structure as opposed to…

FORMICOPHILIA

a term that is used to describe the sexual interest and pleasure that is derived from small animals, insects and…

FOUNDER EFFECT

the name that is applied to the occurrence of a mutation of an increased frequency in a population because of…

FRAME

1. Artificial intelligence. It is the representation of knowledge used to represent and structure the knowledge for the computer system.…

FREE PLAY

a form of play that is not controlled or directed by a group leader, teacher or play therapist. Compare organized…

FREEZING BEHAVIOR

the term for a form of passive avoidance where a person remains still and makes no effort to run or…

FREQUENCY TABLE

a numerical summary of the frequency of occurrences of the particular values of a measurement.

FROBELISM

a method of education developed by Friedrich Frobel who originated the kindergarten system that is important for a child's development…

FRUSTRATION-REGRESSION HYPOTHESIS

The theory that frustration often leads to behavior characteristic of a much earlier period of life and was proposed in…

FUNCTIONAL AGE

term for a person's age that is determined as a measure of their functional capabilities that have been indexed to…

FUNCTIONAL DISTANCE

the degree to which an arrangement of residential faculties will influence the probability of any unplanned social interactions by the…

FUNCTIONAL PLASTICITY

1. Adaptive change. 2. Ability of one part of our brain to adapt to losing another part. One hemisphere will…

FUNNEL SEQUENCE

the term applied to a method for structuring the order of questions in surveys and interviews that starts with general…

F TEST

is an umbrella term used to describe any test which looks at hypotheses which reliy on the sampling distribution with…