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GRAAFIAN FOLLICLE

a small pouch like cavity in an ovary where the ovum develops. The follicle will rupture and release an ovum

GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATIONS (GRE)

a collection of aptitude tests used in the graduate school admissions process to make decisions regarding applicants. A general test

GRAPHEME

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

GRAY COMMISSURE

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

GRIEVANCE

1. Feeling of resentment from being unjustly treated. 2. Industrial and organisational psychology. Complaint of an employee that is in

GROUP CLIMATE

the relative degree of acceptance, tolerance and freedom of expression that is a feature of the relationships within a counselling

GROUP INTELLIGENCE TEST

the name describing an intelligence test that is given to all members of a group at the same time.

GROUP ROLES

The sets of behaviour that is expected of people in certain roles within the group. Need to be defined in

GROUPWARE

term applied to the computer software that is associated with collaborative work among several people on the same project and

GUARANINE,

A compound very similar to caffeine of methylxanthine. It contains a high percent of caffeine and a lesser amount of

GUILT

The term for the self-conscious emotion that a person will feel that features a sens of having done something wrong

GUTHRIE, EDWIN RAY

Best known for his stimulus-response contiguity learning theory that is a variant of behaviourist theory. Temporal contiguity was the critical

GABA ANTAGONISTS

These are the compounds that inhibit GABA receptor sites and GABA action. They can be direct and indirect. Best known

GALTON'S QUESTIONARY

These are the set of questions by Francis Galton out to 200 men of science in Britain. They were asked

GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA)

Major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian nervous system and found widely distributed in both invertebrate and vertebrate nervous systems. It

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

a method of chemical analysis used to separate and identify the components of a mixture. A substance is placed in

GATING

the blocking or inhibiting of a set of stimuli in a sensory channel when your attention is focused on another

GENDER BIAS

This covers a variety of biases that relate to the differential treatment of males and females. May be unwarranted assumptions

GENDER STABILITY

this is the name that is given to the understanding that your own or other people

GENERAL EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION (GESP)

seen in parapsychology and is a paranormal outcome not assigned to any specific process of ESP.. It can be an