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FITNESS

1. The set of attributes a person has that enables them to carry out daily tasks and perform physical work.

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

GREGARIOUSNESS

the tendency for people to associate with others in groups, organisations and activities so they can enjoy social life for

INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

an approach where people or information using more than one discipline will collaborate and obtain more detailed information about a

INTIMACY VERSUS ISOLATION

Development and the eight stages of it erikson's and the sixth, this is from late adolescence through to courtship and

JUNGIAN TYPOLOGY

a theory of personality that puts individuals into separate categories according to attitudes and dominant functions of the psyche.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

the process by which children learn to use language.

EYE-HAND COORDINATION

is the combined motions of the hands and eyes, working in tandem, for example; an infant may locate a toy

FAMILY OF ORIGIN

refers to the family, or parents an individual was either raised or born into, this may not be the same

FERAL CHILDREN

This term is applied to children that reportedly have been raised by wild animals and isolated from human contact. An

FITTS LAW

a principle of motor control where activities done quicker can be less accurate than those activities done slower. It is

FREQUENCY

the term that is used to describe the number of repetitions of a periodic signal or event.

FUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY

a form of family therapy that focuses on both family interaction patterns and on the benefits family members may derive

GENDER CONSISTENCY

the understanding that your own and other people's sex is fixed across situations regardless of superficial changes in appearance or

GENERALIZATION

1. Deriving a concept or theory from a number of specific cases, applying it widely. 2. Judgement derived and applied

GERMINAL STAGE

1. Humans. The first 2 weeks of prenatal life after fertilisation where the egg moves to the uterus and is