FISHBOWL TECHNIQUE
a process used in groups where people form an inner and an outer circle. The outer circle observes the inner…
FUNCTIONAL AUTONOMY
the tendency for drive motivated behavior to develop derivative drives, such that behavior may become independent of the original drive.…
GENDER CODING
the term used in assigning particular traits or behaviours exclusively or predominantly to males or females.
GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION
the name of a disorder that has known physical causes and observable physical psycho
GRASP REFLEX
Involuntary reaction a person does when something touches the palm of their hand. Normal in infants before the cerebral cortex…
INTERDEPENDENCE
1. A dependence on 2 or more people, things, events or entities on each other. 2. A state where factors…
LANGUAGE DEFICIT
A delay in the normal speech and language development of a child due to some neurological disfunction.
EYE CONTACT
is otherwise known as mutual gazing between two people, it is the persistent gazing into the eyes of the individual…
FAMILY LIFE CYCLE
is the application of a purely Darwinistic approach to families, whereby life events such as marriage, or coupling (in select…
FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY
a trend for the poorest people in a western society to be women. It is attributed to a range of…
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…
FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
1. Assessment to identify circumstances and consequences associated with a certain behaviour. Defined in measurable terms. Used to design treatments…
GENDER CONCEPT
The cultured role of each gender. There are expected roles for males and females that are based on biological sex…
GENERAL TRANSFER
the transferring of general skills or principles that have been acquired in one task or situation to problems in a…
GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE CORRELATION
a correlation between the nature or the location of a mutation in an individual based on observations of affected individuals…