Glossary of terms used on this site
Glossaries
Term | Main definition |
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formal operational stage |
Glossaries - Psychology
final stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development; from age 11 and up, children are able to deal with abstract ideas and hypothetical situations |
fraternal twins |
Glossaries - Psychology
twins who develop from two different eggs fertilized by different sperm, so their genetic material varies the same as in non-twin siblings |
frontal lobe |
Glossaries - Psychology
part of the cerebral cortex involved in reasoning, motor control, emotion, and language; contains motor cortex |
functional fixedness |
Glossaries - Psychology
inability to see an object as useful for any other use other than the one for which it was intended |
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) |
Glossaries - Psychology
MRI that shows changes in metabolic activity over time |
functionalism |
Glossaries - Psychology
focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its environment |