FLYNN EFFECT
name of the gradual rise in IQ levels since records were started. The average is the same but the raw…
FORMATIVE TENDENCY
the term that is applied to the general drive toward self- improvement, growth that was hypothesized by Carl Rogers in…
FREE-FEEDING WEIGHT
the term applied to the body weigh that is achieved by laboratory animals when they are given unrestricted access to…
FRONTAL LOBE SYNDROME
a mental disorder from a lesion in the frontal lobe featuring an impairment of purposeful behaviour, emotional inability, poor social…
FUNCTIONAL AUTONOMY
the tendency for drive motivated behavior to develop derivative drives, such that behavior may become independent of the original drive.…
FUNNEL SEQUENCE
the term applied to a method for structuring the order of questions in surveys and interviews that starts with general…
GAY-RELATED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY (GRID)
a former name for aids that reflects the erroneous belief that only gay men contracted it.
GENDER SCRIPT
a temporally organised gender related sequence of events. A female gender script can be laundry, cooking and male gender script…
GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY
an interdisciplinary conceptual framework that focuses on wholeness, pattern, relationship, order, integration and organisation. Designed to move past reductionistic and…
GENITAL AROUSAL IN SLEEP
the action penile erection in men and clitoral enlargement and vaginal lubrication in women that occur during REM sleep when…
GRADIENT OF TEXTURE
the term that applies to the progressively finer appearance of textures and surface grains of objects as the viewer moves…
GROUP SOCIALIZATION THEORY
Theory of development of personality where children are socialised by peers and influence from adults filters down to the peer…
INTERDEPENDENT SELF-CONSTRUAL
View of the self that emphasises a person's embeddedness in a network of social relationships and downplays their unique traits…
INTERPERSONAL DISTANCE
The distance that people choose to keep between themselves and other people. The distance is smaller for friends and relatives…
INTERVIEWER EFFECTS
An interviewers attributes and the influence and behaviours on the answers of a respondant. The appearance, demeanor, training, age, sex…
INTRUJECTIVE DEPRESSION
Individuals who are depressed and have angry and punitive feelings toward themselves. Compare anaclitic depression