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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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GROUP COUNSELING

method used to support and guide people with similar problems or issues such as school students seeking advice about suitable

GROUP EXPERIENCE

Group psychotherapy and counselling. Interpersonal interactions between clients with a chance to learn from other people. Helps them see how

GROUP

1. Collection of people. 2. Social psychology. 2 or more people influencing each other. Also called social group. 3. organised

GROUP G MONOSOMY

Term for a rare chromosomal disorder where the G chromosome is affected. It may be not present or partly present.

GRAY-OUT

the partial loss of consciousness that is due to a lack of oxygen in the blood resulting in hypoxia. Happens

GROUP IDENTIFICATION

1. Process of identifying with a group that a person imitates its features and objectives. Enhances group pride but reduces

GROUP FACTORS

the name for the psychometric entities that underlie group abilities.

GROUP POLARIZATION

Tendency for members of a group discussing an issue to move toward a more extreme version of the positions they

GROUP FALLACY

1. Assumption that a group will possess qualities not understood by analysing qualities of each member. 2. Assumption that a

GRIEF

The anguish that a person will experience after a significant loss like the death of a beloved person. Distinguished from

GROUP EXPERIMENT

The term used for the experiment in which groups serve as the unit of analysis. For example, the performance of

GRAY COMMISSURE

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

GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING

term applied when a social group is used to resolve matters of doubt and uncertainty. Includes identifying problem, obtaining data

GROUP SEX

Group of heterosexual people, gay men or lesbians who meet expressly for the purpose of obtaining maximum satisfaction through such

GROUP MARRIAGE

Family pattern found in some indigenous cultures and minority religious groups where several men and women live together, sharing household

GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS

1. The awareness of the group and members and common characteristics exhibited by the group. The awareness of the collective.

GREAT MAN THEORY

The view of political leadership and historical causation assuming that history is driven by a small number of exceptional individuals

GROUP STRUCTURE

Complex of forms, processes and systems that organise and regulate interactions in groups. Defines roles and positions, network of authority

GROUP-ANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY

Group psychotherapy focusing on communication and interaction within the group. The group is used as a therapeutic agent. Also called

GROUP MIND

the hypothetical and transcendent consciousness that is created by fusing people's minds into a collective like a nation or a