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F Scale (Fascism Scale)

face perception

face recognition

face-to-face group

face-to-face interaction

face–hand test

Facial Action Coding System (FACS)

facial affect program

facial disfigurement

facial electromyography

facial expression

facial feedback hypothesis

facilitated communication

facilitative anxiety

factitious disorder

factitious disorder by proxy

factor analysis

factor of similarity

factor reflection

factor rotation

factor theory of intelligence

factor theory of personality

factor-comparison method

factorial analysis of covariance

factorial analysis of variance

factorial design

factorial invariance

factual knowledge

facultative polyandry

faculty psychology

failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)

failure to thrive (FTT)

failure-to-inhibit hypothesis

Fairbairnian theory

faithful participant

fallacy of personal validation

falling sickness

fallopian-tube pregnancy

false authority

false detection

false pregnancy

false rejection

false-belief task

false-consensus effect

false-uniqueness effect

falsificationism

familial dysautonomia

familial factor

familial Portuguese polyneuritic amyloidosis

familial tremor

familial Turner syndrome

Family and Medical Leave Act

family constellation

family counseling

family dynamics

family environment

family group psychotherapy

family interaction method

family intervention

family life cycle

family life education

family mediation

family medicine

family mythology

family of origin

family planning

family psychology

family resemblance

family sculpting

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

family support services

family systems theory

family-wise alpha level

family-wise error rate

Farber’s lipogranulomatosis

fartlek training

fasciculus cuneatus

fasciculus gracilis

fasciolus gyrus

fast muscle fiber

fastigial nucleus

fatal familial insomnia

fatalistic suicide

father fixation

father surrogate

fatigue checklist

fatigue studies

fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH)

fault tree analysis (FTA)

fear of commitment

fear of darkness

fear of failure

fear of rejection

fear of strangers

fear of success

Fear Survey Schedule (FSS)

fear-induced aggression

fearful attachment

feasibility standards

feasibility test

feature abstraction

feature attention

feature detection theory

feature detector

feature indicator

feature-integration theory (FIT)

feature-negative discrimination

feature-positive discrimination

febrile delirium

febrile seizure

fecal incontinence

Fechner’s colors

Fechner’s law

Fechner’s paradox

Federation of Associations in Brain and Behavioral Sciences (FABBS)

fee-for-service

feeblemindedness

feedback device

feedback evaluation

feedback system

feeding and eating disorders of infancy or early childhood

feeding behavior

feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood

feeding problem

feeling of knowing (FOK)

feeling of reality

feeling of unreality

Feighner criteria

Feldenkrais method

female circumcision

female ejaculation

female genital mutilation (FGM)

female genitalia

female Oedipus complex

female orgasmic disorder

female sexual arousal disorder

female sexual dysfunction (FSD)

female–female competition

femininity complex

femininity phase

feminist family therapy

feminist psychology

feminist therapy

feminization of poverty

feminizing testes syndrome

Ferree–Rand double broken circles

Ferry–Porter law

festinating gait

fetal abnormality

fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

fetal cephalometry

fetal infection

fetal monitoring

fetal presentation

fetal programming

fetal tobacco syndrome (FTS)

fetal–maternal exchange

fetus at risk (FAR)

fictional finalism

field dependence

field experiment

field independence

field of consciousness

field of regard

field theory of personality

fifth cranial nerve

fight-or-flight response

fight–flight system (FFS)

fight–flight–freeze system (FFFS)

figural aftereffect

figural cohesion

figural fluency test

figural synthesis

figurative knowledge

figurative language

figure-drawing test

figure–ground

figure–ground distortion

file-drawer analysis

file-drawer problem

filial generation

filial imprinting

filial maturity

filial responsibility

filiform papillae

fill-in questions

filled-space illusion

filtered speech

final common path

final free recall

Finger Localization Test

Finger Oscillation Test

Finger Tapping Test

finite-state grammar

fire-setting behavior

first admission

first cranial nerve

first impression

first-degree relative

first-episode schizophrenia

first-generation antipsychotic

first-impression bias

first-line medication

first-order factor

first-order interaction

first-order neuron

first-person perspective

first-person perspective memory

first-rank symptoms

fishbowl technique

Fisher exact test

Fisher least significant difference test

Fisher’s r to z transformation

fissure of Rolando

fissure of Sylvius

Fit to Win Health Promotion Program

fitness for duty evaluation (FFDE)

Fitts movement task

five-factor personality model (FFM)

five-number summary

five-to-seven shift

fixation reflex

fixed action pattern (FAP)

fixed class society

fixed parameter

fixed-alternative question

fixed-effects analysis of variance

fixed-effects model

fixed-interval schedule (FI schedule)

fixed-ratio schedule (FR schedule)

fixed-time schedule (FT schedule)

flaccid paralysis

flapping tremor

flashbulb memory

flat organizational structure

flexibilitas cerea

flexible correction model

flicker discrimination

flicker fusion frequency

flicker stimulus

flight from reality

flight into disease

flight into fantasy

flight into health

flight into illness

flight into reality

flight of colors

flight of ideas

floating-limb response

flocculonodular lobe

flower-spray ending

fluctuating asymmetry

fluctuation of attention

fluctuation of perception

fluid intelligence (fluid ability)

fluorescein angiography

fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption test

flutter dysmetria

fluttering hearts

fMRI measures of intelligence

focal attention

focal consciousness

focal degeneration

focal dermal hypoplasia

focal motor seizure

focal pathology

focal psychotherapy

focus of attention

focus of convenience

focused attention

focusing effect

focusing mechanism

foliate papillae

folk bilingualism

folk psychology

follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

follicular phase

follow-back study

follow-up counseling

follow-up history

follow-up study

following behavior

Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination

fontanel (fontanelle)

food-intake regulation

foot anesthesia

foot-in-the-door technique

foramen of Monro

forced compliance effect

forced copulation

forced distribution

forced treatment

forced-choice question

foreground–background

forensic assessment

forensic neuropsychology

forensic neuroscience

forensic psychiatry

forensic psychology

forensic social work

forewarning of persuasive intent

forewarning of persuasive position

forgetting curve

form discrimination

form distortion

form perception

form–function distinction

formal discipline

formal language

formal operational stage

formal organizational structure

formal parallelism

formal reasoning

formal thought disorder

formal universal

formative evaluation

formative tendency

forms of address

forward association

forward chaining

forward conditioning

forward displacement

forward masking

forward pairing

forward selection

forward-conduction law

foster-child fantasy

four-card problem

four-fifths rule

Fourier analysis

Fourier spectrum

fourth cranial nerve

fourth ventricle

fovea centralis

fractional antedating goal response

fractional escape

fractional factorial design

fragile X syndrome

fragmentary delusion

frame of reference

frame-of-reference training

Framingham Heart Study

Franceschetti–Zwahlen–Klein syndrome

Fraser syndrome (Fraser–François syndrome)

fraternal twins

fraternalistic relative deprivation

free and appropriate public education

free association

free nerve ending

free-association test

free-feeding weight

free-floating anxiety

free-floating attention

free-floating emotion

free-operant avoidance

free-response question

free-running rhythm

Freedom From Distractibility Index

freedom from harm

freedom to withdraw

freezing behavior

Fregoli’s phenomenon

frequency analysis

frequency discrimination

frequency distribution

frequency judgment

frequency modulation

frequency of response

frequency polygon

frequency principle

frequency selectivity

frequency table

frequency theory

frequentist inference

Freudian approach (Freudianism)

Freudian theory of personality

Frey esthesiometer

Friedreich’s ataxia

friend with benefits

fringe consciousness

fringe–focus structure

frog-pond effect

Fröhlich’s syndrome

frontal association area

frontal eye field

frontal lobe syndrome

frontal lobotomy

frontal release signs

frontal section

frontalis muscle

frontometaphyseal dysplasia

frontonasal dysplasia

frontotemporal dementia (FTD)

frontotemporal lobar degeneration

frustration effect

frustration tolerance

frustration–aggression hypothesis

frustrative nonreward hypothesis

fugitive literature

fulfillment model

Full Outline of Unresponsiveness Score (FOUR)

Fullerton–Cattell law

fully functioning person

function allocation

function coefficient

functional activities

functional amblyopia

functional amnesia

functional analysis

functional analytic causal model (FACM)

functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP)

functional approach to attitudes

functional asymmetry

functional autonomy

functional behavioral assessment (FBA)

functional blindness

functional brain imaging

functional classification

functional communication training

functional conformance

functional connectivity mapping

functional data analysis (FDA)

functional deafness

functional deficit

functional disorder

functional distance

functional dyspareunia

functional dyspepsia

functional dyspnea

functional electric stimulation (FES)

functional family therapy

functional fixedness

functional food

functional grammar

functional hyperinsulinism

functional illiteracy

Functional Independence Measure (FIM)

functional invariant

functional job analysis (FJA)

functional leader

functional level

functional limitation

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI; functional MRI)

functional measurement

functional moneme

functional neuroimaging

functional neurological symptom disorder

functional operant

functional pain

functional plasticity

functional plateau

functional psychology

functional psychosis

functional reorganization

functional selection

functional skills

functional status

functional stimulus

functional types

functional unity

functional universal

functional vaginismus

functionalist approach to emotion

fundamental attribution error

fundamental frequency

fundamental interpersonal relations orientation theory (FIRO theory)

Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation–Behavior Scale (FIRO–B)

fundamental lexical hypothesis

fundamental need

fundamental rule

fundamental science

fundamental skill

fundamental symptoms

fundamental tone

fungiform papillae

funnel interview

fusion frequency

fusional language

future orientation

future-mindedness

fuzzy set theory

fuzzy trace theory

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