FRIENDSHIP NETWORK
the term that is applied to the interconnected relationships among a group of friends who provide social and emotional support…
FUTURE-MINDEDNESS
the term used for the ability to engage in means to end future about the future. Being able to think…
GENDER ROLE
the pattern of behaviour, personality traits and attitudes defining masculinity or femininity in a certain culture. Determined by upbringing that…
GENETIC THEORY
1. the view that behaviour can be explained in terms of hereditary and development. 2. The theoretical principles accepted in…
GOAL SPECIFICITY
a term used to describe the degree that the target behavior of a goal is defined.
GROUP TEST
the term that is applied to the test administered to several individuals simultaneously. Compare individual test.
INTERRUPTED-TIME-SERIES DESIGN
Experimental de-sign with an intervention and the effects of it are compared and evaluated with an outcome that is measured…
INVARIANT SEQUENCE
An order that is unchanging and in stage theories of development and in the order in which the stages of…
LAW OF FREQUENCY
The theory that learning increases with the repetition of a process. Also known as the law of repetition.
FALSE POSITIVE
is considered the binary opposite to a false negative where in diagnostics for example, an individual may not actually have…
FAMILY THERAPY
involves the whole family becoming involved in the counselling process, instead of focussed efforts looking at a single individual, indeed,…
FILIAL ANXIETY
term that describes a child's fear and apprehension that comes from relationships with their parents. It can be in relation…
FORCED-CHOICE TEST
term that is used in a signal detection test where several intervals are given with only one having the signal…
FRUSTRATION
1. thwarting of impulses and actions. 2. Emotional state when thwarting happens. 3. Psychoanalytic theory. Damming up of psychic energy…
FUZZY TRACE THEORY
a theory proposing that information is encoded on a continuum from precise traces to fuzzy traces. Developmental differences in cognition…
GENDER SCHEMA
the term that applies to the organized set of beliefs and expectations that guides a person's understanding of gender or…