Glossary F
Glossary F
Fraud refers to the deliberate distortion of Research results, which includes fabricating data, altering data, and deliberately not reporting results Thought to be inappropriate to one's int
Fraudulent data is defined as data that are fabricated, altered, or otherwise falsified by the experimenter.
Free association refers to the principle technique in Freudian psychoanalysis in which patients give a running account of thoughts, feelings, mental images, and physical sensations as they occur, in order to derive a repressed or hidden motivation for their psychological disorder.
Free choice paradigm refers to a research methodology used to test Dissonance theory which arouses dissonance by getting people to choose between two (2) or more alternatives
Free fatty acid (FFA) refers to a type of fat that combines with glycerol to form triglycerides. Free fatty acid (FFA) is used as an energy source.
Free morphemes is defined as morphemes that can stand alone as a word, such as "dog," "chase," or "happy"; unit of meaning that can stand alone as a word.
Please see also Bound morpheme.
Free radicals is defined as chemicals produced randomly during normal cell metabolism and that bond easily to other substances inside cells; deleterious and short-lived chemicals that cause changes in cells that are thought to result in aging.