Psychology Glossary: F Index
These are brief definitions of psychology terms beginning with F. Click on the term for a more detailed definition.
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What Is the Fight-or-Flight Response?
The fight-or-flight response, also known as the acute stress response, refers to a psychological reaction that occurs in the presence of something that is terrifying, either mentally or physically...
The fight-or-flight response, also known as the acute stress response, refers to a psychological reaction that occurs in the presence of something that is terrifying, either mentally or physically...
Fixation Definition
Fixation refers to a persistent focus of the id’s pleasure-seeking energies on an earlier stage of psychosexual development...
Fixation refers to a persistent focus of the id’s pleasure-seeking energies on an earlier stage of psychosexual development...
Fixed-Interval Schedule
A schedule of reinforcement where the first response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time has elapsed...
A schedule of reinforcement where the first response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time has elapsed...
Fixed-Ratio Schedule
A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses...
A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses...
Fluid Intelligence Definition
Refers to he ability to reason quickly and to think abstractly...
Refers to he ability to reason quickly and to think abstractly...
Formal Operation Stage
In Piaget's stages of cognitive development, a period between age twelve to adulthood...
In Piaget's stages of cognitive development, a period between age twelve to adulthood...