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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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GRANULAR CORTEX

Part of the cerebral cortex containing granule cells that are found in layers 2 and 4 of the cortex. Refers

GRACILE TUBERCLE

Elongated swelling on the upper end of the gracile fasciculus in the medulla oblongata. Tubercle contains the nucleus gracilis that

GRAPHOLOGY

the term used to describe the analysis of a person's handwriting as a means of inferring stable personality characteristics or

GRAPHOMANIA

the term used to describe a pathological impulse to write. In its most severe form, it may degenerate into graphorrhea.

GRADE SCALE

term applied to the standardised scale with scores expressed in terms of the grade norm.

GRAPHEME

The minimal meaningful unit in the writing system of language. It is usually a letter or fixed combination of letters

GRADE NORM

the name for the standard score or the range of scores representing average achievement of a set group of people.

GRAVIDA

Term used for a pregnant women that has a Roman numeral following it for the number of times she has

GRASP REFLEX

Involuntary reaction a person does when something touches the palm of their hand. Normal in infants before the cerebral cortex

GRAECO-LATIN SQUARE

the term for the variant of a Latin square that superimposes one orthogonal Latin square upon another to allow for

GRAY COMMISSURE

Bundle of nerve fibres that surrounds the central canal of the spinal cord and connects the anterior and dorsal horns

GRAVITY-INDUCED LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (G-LOC)

the term that describes the loss of consciousness associated with g-forces resulting from acceleration. It can occur suddenly and with

GRANIT THEORY OF COLOR VISION

this is the name of the theory of perception of colour that relies on activating 3 types of cells. 1.

GRANDMOTHER CELLS

These are the feature detector cells found in the visual association cortex that will be stimulated only by certain objects

GRAPHORRHEA

the term used to describe the writing of long lists of incoherent, meaningless words that will sometimes occurs in the

GRAPHIC METHOD

the name that describes the use of visual displays in the recording, presentation and interpretation of data.

GRAPHOSPASM

a rare name for writer

GRAPHOMOTOR APRAXIA

the name used to describe an inability to perform the motor activities involved in writing or drawing despite normal capacity

GRAY MATTER

The name for the area of neural tissue that is dominated by cell bodies and is devoid of myelin, such

GOOD-FAITH BARGAINING

The principle that employers recognising a union as the representative of their employees must treat that union as the exclusive