GROUP FEELING
the desire of the members of a group to associate with each other, to participate in joint activities and to…
INTERNAL BOUNDARY
Psychoanalytic theory. The name of the boundary between ego and id. Also called inner boundary. Compare external boundary.
IRRITABILITY
1. Abnormal sensitivity or excessive responsiveness, as of an organ or body part, to a stimulus. 2. It is a…
LATENT INHIBITION
The impedance of Pavlovian conditioning resulting from prior exposures with a conditioned stimulus before being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
FACE-SAVING BEHAVIOR
is similar to facework, in that face-saving behaviours are acts where an individual will attempt to uphold their dignity addressing…
FIELD EXPERIMENT
an experiment that is not conducted inside a laboratory but is done outside in the real world setting. Participants are…
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
This involves the application of psychological principles and techniques to situations involving the law or legal systems that are criminal…
FRUSTRATION-AGGRESSION HYPOTHESIS
States that frustration produces aggression and aggression results from prior frustrations. Later noted by Neal Miller that frustration leads to…
FUTURE ORIENTATION
a time perspective that is focused on the future, especially on how to achieve your future goals.
GLOBAL PERCEPTION
This term is applied to the overall perception of an object or a situation focusing on the whole rather than…
GROUP HARMONY
This describes the extent to which group interactions among members are friendly, congruous and free from any conflicts.
INTERNAL FRUSTRATION
Psychoanalytic theory. the term applied to the denial of gratification of instinctual impulses due to internal factors such as the…
INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
An interviewer will ask questions from a script that they are contained in
FIELD NOTES
These are the notes that are taken when out in the field and observing an experiment or a phenomenon. They…
FORMAL GROUP
the name that is given to any group that has been deliberately formed by members for a specific purpose. It…
FRUSTRATIVE NONREWARD HYPOTHESIS
a proposition that consistently withholding reinforcement of responses during operant or instrumental conditioning leads to an internal state of frustration…
FUTURE-MINDEDNESS
the term used for the ability to engage in means to end future about the future. Being able to think…