FOCAL ATTENTION
name given to the attention we focus on a certain stimuli while disregarding the rest. Information in our attention span…
FOREIGNER TALK
the term applied to the way some people will talk to a foreigner. They will use short sentences, simple grammar…
FORMBOARD TEST
the name that describes the test where a person has to fit blocks into depressions of the shapes in a…
FREE-FLOATING ATTENTION
Found in psychoanalysis and in other forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy, the analyst's or therapist's state of evenly suspended attention during…
FRUSTRATION
1. thwarting of impulses and actions. 2. Emotional state when thwarting happens. 3. Psychoanalytic theory. Damming up of psychic energy…
FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
1. Assessment to identify circumstances and consequences associated with a certain behaviour. Defined in measurable terms. Used to design treatments…
GEGENHALTEN
a German term used in neurology for the involuntary resistance to passive movement of the extremities. The German translation is…
GENDER STABILITY
this is the name that is given to the understanding that your own or other people
GENERAL TRANSFER
the transferring of general skills or principles that have been acquired in one task or situation to problems in a…
GENITAL EROTICISM
the term that is used to describe the arousal of sexual excitement by stimulation of the genital organs.
GESTALT COMPLETION TEST
visual-perceptual task where the participant is required to synthesize elements from fragmented, ambiguous pictures of items to form a whole.…
GLUCOSTATIC THEORY
A theory stating that the short term regulation of food intake is governed by the rate glucose is metabolised at…
GROUP STRUCTURE
Complex of forms, processes and systems that organise and regulate interactions in groups. Defines roles and positions, network of authority…
INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
an approach where people or information using more than one discipline will collaborate and obtain more detailed information about a…
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS
1. Connections and interactions, especially ones that are socially and emotionally significant and exist between two or more people. 2.…
INTIMATE ZONE
The small distance zone in social psychology and adopted by those in very close relationships, such of that of mother…
INTRUSION ERROR
The recall in a test of the memory and was not an item among the material that was presented for…
ITEM ANALYSIS
A range of procedures used to measure the statistical advantages of separate items comprising a particular psychological test. These procedures…