Glossary F

Feature search means simply scanning the environment for a particular feature or features; a visual search task in which a person can find a target by searching for only one feature. An example would be looking for a horizontal green line among vertical green lines.

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- Feature-list models (of semantic memory) : Feature-list models (of semantic memory ) refer to Models of semantic memory that hold that language concepts or words can be defined in terms of lists of the characteristics or features they possess.

Feces is defined as any materials left over after digestion.

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Fechner's law (p=k log (S)) refers to the logarithmic relation, developed by Fechner, of sensation to stimulus intensity: (p=k log (S))

Deutsch: Fäkalphilie / Español: Fecofilia / Português: Fecofilia / Français: Fécophilie / Italiano: Fecofilia /

Fecophilia which is also called Coprophilia refers to a psychiatric term that refers to morbid attraction to, and sexual interest in "fecal matter".

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Federal Witness Protection Program refers to a program which was established under the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 that is designed to protect witnesses who testify in court by relocating them and assigning to them new identities.

Fee system is defined as a system used in some rural areas, in which the county government pays a modest amount of money for each prisoner per day as an operating budget.

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Deutsch: Rückmeldung / Español: Retroalimentación / Português: Feedback / Français: Retour d'information / Italiano: Feedback /

Feedback is defined as information returned to a person about the effects a response has had. It is a communication pattern in which information about the consequences of an event is reintroduced into the system; a valuative information about one’s behavior. In Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Feedback means roviding employees with specific information about how well they are performing a task or series of tasks. Feedback is a non-judgmental conversation that points out both positive and negative aspects of performance or positive and negative reactions to a person’s behavior for the Purpose of the individual’s growth and understanding, in contrast with Criticism Feedback is also known as "knowledge of results".

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