FOOD ADDICTION
the name given to an eating disturbance where a person is preoccupied with weight, body image and food. Food is…
FORMAL LOGIC
the name given to the system of prescribed rules for generating valid conclusions or predictions from initial axiomatic assumptions or…
FREE ASSOCIATION
the basic process in psychoanalysis and other forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy where patients are encouraged to verbalise freely whatever thoughts…
FREUDIAN THEORY OF PERSONALITY
A general psychoanalytic concept of character and personality being the product of fixations and experiences that stem form early stages…
FUNCTIONAL AMBLYOPIA
the term for poor vision occurring in a normal eye that is due to improper use during childhood. Causes can…
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
These are the activities that will develop from aptitudes like mechanical ability, artistic talent and writing.
GARDEN-PATH SENTENCE
Sentence where structural cues, lexical ambiguity or a combination of both mislead the reader or listener to an incorrect interpretation…
GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER
A disorder characterised by clinically significant distress or impairment of functioning due to cross-gender identification and persistent discomfort arising from…
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
the term that describes the intelligence that is applicable to a very wide variety of tasks. See general factor.
GENETIC EPISTEMOLOGY
name of the experimental study of the development of knowledge that was started by Jean Piaget.
GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE CORRELATION
a correlation between the nature or the location of a mutation in an individual based on observations of affected individuals…
GLASS CEILING
the name for the invisible barrier that prevents able and ambitious women from rising to positions of authority in many…
GONADOSTAT THEORY
the name of the mechanism that is associated with the initiation of puberty where ovarian or testicular hormones regulate hypothalamic…
GROUP HARMONY
This describes the extent to which group interactions among members are friendly, congruous and free from any conflicts.
I STATEMENT
Communication tool where the first person pronoun is used in talking about a person's issues in relationships. They reduce the…
INTERNAL VALIDITY
Degree to which a study or experiment is free from flaws in its internal structure and its results can therefore…
INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL (1S1)
Stimulus and the time between presentations, and are timed usually from one end of the presentation stimulus and to the…
INTROCEPTION
A person that is attentive and understanding to the motives, needs and experiences of herself or himself and others. It…
INVOLUNTARY TURNOVER
An organization and the number of employees who leave involuntarily in a given period. Involuntary turnover is the distinction usually…
JOB DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY (JDS)
It is the measure of the motivational components of a job, as identified by the job characteristics MODI I. of…