GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME
The total mobilization of the organism’s resources in meeting situations of excessive stressThe concept grew out of Hans Selye’s research…
GESELL, ARNOLD LUCIUS (1880- 1961)
Gesell, the leading authority on child development, was bom in Wisconsin and graduated from the State University. After receiving his…
GIFTED CHILDREN
The 1 per cent of children with IQs above 135 or 140. Children with IQs above 170 or 180 are…
GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME
(Tic de Guinon, tic convulsive, multiple tics with coprolalia, im- bacco). A rare disorder of unknown etiology found in Asia…
GLOBUS HYSTERICUS
The distressing feeling of a lump in the throat,sometimes accompanied by choking sensations. When medical examination reveals that there is…
GRANDIOSE DELUSIONS
Delusions of great power, wealth, or self-importance. The patient believes he has a private key to Fort Knox, owns fifty-seven…
GRIESINGER, WILHELM (1817— 68)
A German by birth, Griesinger— the first systematic organicist in psychiatry—received his medical degree at Zurich. After studying for two…
GROUP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
An invitational organization with a membership of approximately 185 psychiatrists organized into working committees to study specific problems in psychiatry,…
GALEN (C. 130-C. 220)
Galen was not only the most eminent physicianof his time, but influenced the entire course of both physical and mental…
GALTON, FRANCIS (1822-1911)
Galton, the first to make a systematic study of individual differences, was a native of Birmingham, England. In view of…
GANZFELD PHENOMENON
Ourvisual world is usually filled with a myriad of different shapes, colors and forms. Some objects are large, others small;…
GAMMA EFFERENT NEURON
the name of a motor neuron that controls muscle spindle sensitivity. Compare alpha motor neuron.
GAP JUNCTION
An intercellular junction with a gap of about 2-4 nm between the plasma membranes of two cells, spanned by protein…
GASTRULATION
a stage in embryonic development when the blastula is reorganised to form the gastrula that is the basic form of…
GEMEINSCHAFT
This applies to a type of society or social group based on a community of feeling resulting from shared life…
GENDER NONCONFORMITY
the term that applies to the behaviour that differs from that of others of the same sex or from cultural…
GENE-GENE INTERACTION
the name that is given to the interaction between two or more genes that may be responsible for the development…
GENERAL SEMANTICS
The early attempt in philosophy of language to establish the relationship between words and referents on a scientific basis. Proved…