GROUP TEST
the term that is applied to the test administered to several individuals simultaneously. Compare individual test.
GUIDING FICTION
Personal principle serving as a guideline where a person can understand and evaluate experiences to determine their lifestyle. If you…
GUILFORD DIMENSIONS OF INTELLIGENCE
These are the 3 dimensions of intelligence contents, operations and products. Every mental ability is a combination of these 3…
GUIDANCE SPECIALIST
the name given to the person who is trained as a counsellor in education programs who is able to guide…
GROUP-SERVING BIAS
The cognitive tendencies that contribute to an overvaluing of a person's group, particularly the tendency to credit the group for…
GUILTY KNOWLEDGE TEST
Lie detector test where knowledge of a crime is tested. A polygraph is used and the examiner will measure the…
GROWTH SPURT
the term that is sued to describe any period of accelerated physical development, especially the pubescent growth spurt.
GUNTHER'S DISEASE
Congenital form of porphyria where excess porphyrin is formed in the bone marrow. Psychological and neurological changes cause nausea, pain.
GUARANINE,
A compound very similar to caffeine of methylxanthine. It contains a high percent of caffeine and a lesser amount of…
GUILFORD-ZIMMERMAN TEMPERAMENT SURVEY (GZTS)
Measures 10 traits of personality: ascendance, sociability, friendliness, thoughtfulness, personal relations, masculinity, objectivity, general activity, restraint and emotional stability. 300…
GUIDED PARTICIPATION
Process where the influence of social partners and social cultural practices combine to give support and direction to children and…
GREATER SUPERFICIAL PETROSAL NERVE (GSP NERVE)
the nerve that carries taste information from the soft palate, merges with the chorda tympani and forms the intermediate nerve…
GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME
the name for an acute and progressive peripheral neuropathy where nerves lose their myelin sheaths. Starts with loss of normal…
GUILFORD, JOY PAUL
Best known for his contributions to psychometrics, publishing the first edition of the widely used Psychometric Methods in 1936 and…
GUSTATORY AGNOSIA
the term that describes a person's inability to be able to identify or categorise gustatory or taste stimuli in spite…
GROUP ROLES
The sets of behaviour that is expected of people in certain roles within the group. Need to be defined in…