JUST-WORLD PHENOMENON
To believe that events proceed rationally and not by chance, such an attitude may result in the belief that the…
KOHLBERG'S THEORY
Broadly speaking the morally developed individual moves from a selfish concern with rewards and punishment through a reliance on fixed…
LATENCY OF RESPONSE
The messure of time that occurs from the introduction of a stimulus and the following response or reaction time. Common…
EXTRAVERSION (EXTROVERSION)
is supposedly observed in those with external loci of identities, where the orientation of their energies and interests are focussed…
FACTOR THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE
is one of the many theories which argue the existance of various factors which affect an individual's intelligence. These factors…
FALSE-ALARM RATE
is the number or proportion of incorrect answers such as "Yes" or "No" given as final responses to tasks within…
FATE NEUROSIS
with respect to psychoanalytic theory, fate neurosis is a compulsive and unconscious need to arrange life events in a specific…
FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY
an attempt to counterbalance traditional male-oriented and male- dominated psychology, as well as a model for similar approaches for other…
FINE MOTOR
This term is used to describe the skills and activities that need coordination of our small muscles to make precise…
FLASHBULB MEMORY
the term that is given to any memory that is associated with a personally significant or emotional event. These memories…
FOLK BILINGUALISM
a type of bilingualism that is associated with working-class immigrant communities where the native language is primarily oral and its…
FORM PERCEPTION
a term that is applied to the perception of a two-dimensional retinal image as a coherent three-dimensional form and entity.
FRAME OF REFERENCE
1. Social psychology. the set of assumptions or criteria that a person or group judges ideas, actions and experiences. 2.…
FREQUENCY SELECTIVITY
the property of a system that allows it to be tunes to respond to certain frequencies that give a better…
FUNCTIONAL PLASTICITY
1. Adaptive change. 2. Ability of one part of our brain to adapt to losing another part. One hemisphere will…
GAMBLER'S FALLACY
failure to recognise a chance event and gives the belief that an outcome can be predicted that is based on…
GENDER DYSPHORIA
the term that applies to the discontent with the physical or social aspects of a person's own sex. See also…
GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME (GAS)
This has 3 stages. 1. alarm has shock and countershock phase and can trigger fight or flight. 2.resistance stabilising physiological…