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| facial-affect program | |
| The activation of a set of nerve impulses that make the face display the appropriate expression (Ch. 10) | |
| facial-feedback hypothesis | |
| The hypothesis that facial expressions not only reflect emotional experience, they also help determine how people experience and label emotions (Ch. 10) | |
| family therapy | |
| An approach that focuses on the family as a whole unit to which each member contributes (Ch. 17) | |
| feature analysis | |
| An approach to perception that considers how we perceive a shape, pattern, object, or scene by reacting first to the individual elements that make it up (Ch. 4) | |
| feature detection | |
| The activation of neurons in the cortex by visual stimuli of specific shapes or patterns (Ch. 4) | |
| fetus | |
| A developing child, from nine weeks after conception until birth (Ch. 12) | |
| fixation | |
| Personality traits characteristic of an earlier stage of development due to an unresolved conflict stemming from the earlier period (Ch. 14) | |
| fixed-interval schedule | |
| A schedule that provides reinforcement for a response only if a fixed time period has elapsed, making overall rates of response relatively low (Ch. 6) | |
| fixed-ratio schedule | |
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A schedule whereby reinforcement is given only after a certain number of responses are made (Ch. 6) |
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| flashbulb memories | |
| Memories centered around a specific, important, or surprising event that are so vivid it is as if they represented a snapshot of the event (Ch. 7) | |
| fluid intelligence | |
| Intelligence that reflects reasoning, memory, and information processing capabilities (Ch. 9) | |
| formal operational stage | |
| According to Piaget, the period from age 12 to adulthood that is characterized by abstract thought (Ch. 12) | |
| free will | |
| The human ability to make decisions about one’s life (Ch. 1) | |
| frequency distribution | |
| An arrangement of scores from a sample that indicates how often a particular score is present (App.) | |
| frequency theory of hearing | |
| The theory suggesting that the entire basilar membrane acts like a microphone, vibrating as a whole in response to a sound (Ch. 4) | |
| frustration | |
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The thwarting or blocking of some ongoing, goal-directed behavior (Ch. 18) |
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| functional fixedness | |
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The tendency to think of an object only in terms of its typical use (Ch. 8) |
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 functionalism |
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An early approach to psychology that concentrated on what the mind does—the functions of mental activity—and the role of behavior in allowing people to adapt to their environments (Ch. 1) |
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| fundamental attribution error | |
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A tendency to attribute others’ behavior to dispositional causes and the tendency to minimize the importance of situational causes (Ch. 18) |
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