FACTOR LOADING
is a term used primarily within the process of factor analysis; it is the correlational relationship between the manifest and…
FALSE DEMENTIA
is a medical phenomena when the condition actually mimics the symptoms of dementia but is in actual fact a simple…
FANATICISM
is observed across modern society and the global stage as an excessive and usually irrational zeal or devotion towards a…
FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT
the term that describes the Gestalt perceptual phenomenon where a shift of vision from the first figure superimposes its image…
FIXED-INTERVAL SCHEDULE (FI SCHEDULE)
schedule of reinforcement that was known as periodic reinforcement where the first response after an interval will be reinforced. It…
FOCAL LESION
the term that is applied to a lesion that has been restricted to a specific region of the brain or…
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
This involves the application of psychological principles and techniques to situations involving the law or legal systems that are criminal…
FORWARD CONDITIONING
Pavlovian conditioning. the pairing of 2 stimuli that are presented before the unconditioned stimulus. Also called forward pairing. Compare backward…
FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION
the term that describes the ability to detect a change in the frequency of a pure tone. See also pitch…
FRUSTRATIVE NONREWARD HYPOTHESIS
a proposition that consistently withholding reinforcement of responses during operant or instrumental conditioning leads to an internal state of frustration…
FUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY
a form of family therapy that focuses on both family interaction patterns and on the benefits family members may derive…
GABA AGONISTS
These are the compounds that augment the effect at GABA receptor sites and on the action of GABA. There are…
GENDER ASSIGNMENT
the term used for the classification of an infant at birth as either male or female. Children born with ambiguous…
GENDER-ROLE SOCIALIZATION
the conditioning of people to the roles, expectations and the behaviours that society prescribes for males and females.
GENERALIZATION GRADIENT, EXCITATION PATTERN
The spatial pattern of responses to sound in the auditory system. Refers to the envelope of the displacement pattern on…
GENITAL LOVE
a term used in psychoanalytic theory and is the sexually mature love of another person achieved during the genital stage…
GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY
The psychological approach that focuses on the dynamic organization of experience into patterns or configurations. Proposed as a revolt against…