FAMILY PATTERN
typically fluctuate across different cultures. Family patterns are the characteristic qualities of specific relationships within a family unit or collective…
FERTILIZATION
the fusion of a sperm and an egg cell to produce a zygote. External occurs outside the female's body, as…
FIXATION REFLEX
the term that is given to a reflex that orients the eyes onto a fixed target. It uses cortical and…
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
the plot of the frequency of occurrence of scores of various sizes that have been arranged from lowest to highest…
FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR
an approach to grammar using categories that reflect nonlinguistic factors, such as intention and social context, rather than categories based…
GENDER DYSPHORIA
the term that applies to the discontent with the physical or social aspects of a person's own sex. See also…
GENERALIZED IMITATION
the name for imitation of forms of behaviour that, until presented by a model, had been previously unseen. Presumably this…
GROUP BEHAVIOR
These are the actions that are performed by the group as a whole and the people taking part. Applies to…
INTERNAL BOUNDARY
Psychoanalytic theory. The name of the boundary between ego and id. Also called inner boundary. Compare external boundary.
INTRAGROUP CONFLICT
Confrontation or disagreement between two or more members of a single group. Compare intfrgroup conflict
LANGUAGE TRANSFER
Negative transfer occurs when differences between the two languages structures lead to systematic errors in the learning of the second…
FACE RECOGNITION
is the process of identifying an individual using their facial features and expressions which individual's typically remember greater and for…
FAMILY RESEMBLANCE
with respect to studies looking at categorisation, family resemblance is the tendency for children or members within a collective family…
FETAL STAGE
the final stage of human prenatal development, from the 8th or 9th week after fertilisation to the time of birth.…
FOCUS GROUP
group of about 12 people with common characteristics who have been selected to discuss a topic. A leader starts the…
FREQUENCY JUDGMENT
the term used for the person's judgement of how many times a stimulus is presented during a test. See word…
FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION
a term given to the restriction or lack of ability in performing an action or activity.
GENDER IDENTIFICATION
the process of identifying yourself as male or female and adopting the roles and values of that gender. See gender…