INVERTED-U HYPOTHESIS
Performance and motivation and the proposed correlation between them, the performance is poorest when motivation or arousal at very high…
LATENCY OF RESPONSE
The messure of time that occurs from the introduction of a stimulus and the following response or reaction time. Common…
EXTRINSIC REINFORCER
is the binary opposite to an intrinsic reinforcer. An extrinsic reinforcer is directly related to the reward which stems from…
FETAL TOBACCO SYNDROME
a condition in infants born to mothers who smoked excessively during pregnancy and is marked by low birth weight.
FOOD FADDISM
the dietary practice based on exaggerated and often incorrect beliefs about the effects of food or nutrition on health, particularly…
FRUSTRATION
1. thwarting of impulses and actions. 2. Emotional state when thwarting happens. 3. Psychoanalytic theory. Damming up of psychic energy…
FUNCTIONALISM
a general psychological approach that views mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to environmental challenges and opportunities.…
GROUP DYNAMICS
1. Dynamic and not static processes of a group affecting patterns and changes in communication, decisions and power. 2. Psychology.…
INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT
Used in operant or instrumental conditioning. The name given to any pattern of reinforcement where only some responses are reinforced.…
INTERVENTION RESEARCH
Activities designed to measure how much better a situation is after modification that is systematic and to measure or has…
INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT
A mental facility where an individual is kept against his or her wishes. Individuals are committed in this way, it…
LATENT CONTENT
1. Hidden meaning in communication 2. Unconscious wishes expressed through dream or fantasy in symbolic representation as part of psychoanalytic theory.
FABRICATION
is a term which can be applied to a number of examples; for example, fabrication may refer to the act…
FIELD DEPENDENCE
cognitive style where the person relies on external cues rather than internal cues. These people are susceptible to deceptive cues…
FOOT-IN-THE-DOOR TECHNIQUE
the two part procedure for enhancing compliance where a minor initial request is presented immediately before the more substantial target…
FRUSTRATION TOLERANCE
the ability a person has to endure the tension and to preserve equanimity when met with obstacles. It is a…
FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
a tendency to overestimate the degree that behaviour is determined by personal characteristics, beliefs and attitudes that minimises the effects…
GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE (GAF SCALE)
the name of scale that is used to plan treatment and outcomes on Axis V of DSM-IV-TR's system. Reflects levels…
GROUP FEELING
the desire of the members of a group to associate with each other, to participate in joint activities and to…