Glossary F
Glossary F
Flibbertigibbet refers to someone who is regarded as flighty, scatterbrained, and talkative.
Flight or Fight response is defined as the biological reaction to alarming stressors that musters the body’s resources, as in blood flow and respiration to resist (fight) or flee (flight) a threat.
Flooding (Implosive therapy ) is defined as a behavioral technique in which a client is intensively exposed to a feared object until the anxiety diminishes. It is a procedure for treating anxiety that involves prolonged and repeated exposure to the anxiety-provoking situation until the subject’s level of anxiety has diminished. Moreover, Flooding refers to prolonged in vivo or imagined exposure to stimuli that evoke high levels of anxiety, with no ability to avoid or escape the stimuli. Implosive therapy uses Flooding.
Floor effect refers to the clustering of scores at the low end of a measurement scale, allowing little or no possibility of decreases in value. It is a type of range effect.
Please see Scale attenuation effects
Floor Play Therapy refers to a therapy where skills such as speech, language and play are developed through floor-based play involving toys, games, activities, etc