LATENCY OF RESPONSE
The messure of time that occurs from the introduction of a stimulus and the following response or reaction time. Common…
EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION (ESP)
otherwise known as 'ESP', is the alleged ability to sense events occuring around oneself, through an extra sense or means…
FACE-HAND TEST
involves the examining individual touching the individual's face at the same time as touching the back of their hand; this…
FACTOR STRUCTURE MATRIX
is the hypothetical construction of a structure which is normally associated with factor analysis where the factor structure is a…
FALSE SELF
was one of the primary canons postulated by the British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott (1896 - 1971) in the larger and…
FAST MAPPING
is the seemingly fast ability for a young people, especially babies to learn entirely new words on the general understanding…
FEMININITY
a person in possession of social and role behaviours that are presumed to be characteristic of a girl or woman,…
FILTER THEORY
1. The theory of attention proposing that unattended channels of information are filtered prior to identification. 2. An explanation in…
FOLIE A TROIS
Another shared psychotic disorder where 3 people in the same family share the same or similar delusions. French for triple…
FORGETTING
the term that is given to a person's inability to remember or recall a thing that should have been remembered.…
FRAGMENTATION OF THINKING
where the process of thinking is confused where a complete action is no longer possible. It is a primary symptom…
FREQUENCY PRINCIPLE
the principle that states that the greater the stimulation intensity, the greater the frequency of nerve impulses elicited. An organisms…
FULLY FUNCTIONING PERSON
a person with a healthy personality, who experiences freedom of choice and action, is creative, exhibits the qualities of existential…
FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION
a term given to the restriction or lack of ability in performing an action or activity.
GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE (GSR)
a response to stimuli that produces a change in the electrical resistance of the skin mainly in areas where there…
GENDER CONSTANCY
the a child's emerging sense of the permanence of being a boy or a girl and an understanding that occurs…
GENERAL ABILITY TESTS
These tests are designed to measure the general factor of intelligence. They usually require, among other things, understanding and applying…
GENERATION EFFECT
effect that memory for items to be remembered in an experiment is enhanced if the participants help to generate the…
GENITALITY
the term that is used for the capacity of a person to experience erotic sensation in the genital organs, starting…