facial micro-expressions
expressions of emotion as a sequence of involuntary, fast facial action
- defined by Anastassia Blechko
F
False allegations
Accusations of crimes that are not anchored in real events.
- defined by Mikaela Magnusson
false confession
when a person confesses to a crime that they did not actually commit; often occurs as a result of inappropriate interrogation and/or mental impairment
- defined by Anna Sagana
False confessions
When an innocent suspect admits to a crime he/she did not commit.
- defined by Katherine Hoogesteyn
false memories
remembering details or whole events that were not experienced
- defined by Nathalie Brackmann
false memory implantation
a method to implant false memories into participants; in this method participants are persuaded by photoshopped photos that they have experienced an event and then form false memories for the event
- defined by Jianqin Wang
fatuous love
is passion plus commitment; you’re thinking about the other person all the time, your pulse races when you think about them, and you like to giggle together about the word “forever,” even if you don’t have a deep intimate understanding of each other (well, yet)
- defined by Alex Gunz
feminist-disability theory
a framework to analyze and critique social systems and material practices that stigmatize certain kinds of bodily variations (i.e., people with disabilities); the key motives are forging positive identities and promoting the inclusion of women with disabilities in mainstream society
- defined by Angela Celebre
field
a term introduced by Csikszentmihalyi (1999) to describe a social group responsible for judging individual outcomes according to their creativity; the field is a relevant social system for the creating individual and it represents a part of society
- defined by Cara Kahl
Fight-flight-freeze response
A physiological reaction that occurs in response to an acute stressful situation to help people cope with danger; also called “the acute stress response”
- defined by Carey Marr
Flashback
Sudden, disturbing, and often repeated vivid memories of an event in the past; associated with PTSD, those who experience flashbacks feel like the traumatic event is happening all over again
- defined by Carey Marr
fluency
subjective experience of ease with which people process information
- defined by Namkje Koudenburg
foils
lineup members of known likely to be innocent (also named distractors or fillers)
- defined by Melanie Sauerland
folk biology
the cognitive study of how people classify and reason about the organic world; of particular interest is the human tendency to classify animals and plants into specific species-based groups
- defined by Arno van Voorst
Forensic child interview
When children are interviewed by police as part of a criminal investigation.
- defined by Mikaela Magnusson
forensic evidence
Physical evidence such as ballistics, blood test, and DNA test etc. utilized in legal cases
- defined by Bruna Calado
forgotten details
information in eyewitness accounts that was reported in an initial recall-attempt, but is not reported later
- defined by Nina Tupper
framing
Different forms of presenting the same information that trigger different psychological processes. Examples: A glass is half full vs. half empty; 100 out of 300 people died vs. 200 out of 300 people were saved.
- defined by Mario Herberz
Free recall
A memory test in which people are asked to provide information any and all information they can remember
- defined by Carey Marr
free-riders
selfish individuals within a group whom consume a public resource without contributing toward its cost (i.e., individuals who obtain benefits or rewards without making an appropriate effort or sacrifice)
- defined by Ashley Waggoner Denton
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
a neuroimaging technique that indirectly measures changes in neuronal activity through indexing the utilization of oxygen in the blood. This technique has proven incredibly useful for localizing brain function
- defined by Joe Moran
fundamental attribution error
the tendency for people to over-emphasize dispositional, or personality-based, explanations for behaviors observed in others while under-emphasizing situational explanations
- defined by Arno van Voorst
Fundamental Attribution Error
people's tendency to place an undue emphasis on internal characteristics to explain someone else's behavior in a given situation, rather than considering external factors
- defined by Joe Moran
Fuzzy-trace Theory (FTT)
according to this theory, information is stored into two traces: a) the verbatim trace captures specific details, and b) the gist trace captures underlying meanings
- defined by Nathalie Brackmann