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…
GENERATION EFFECT
effect that memory for items to be remembered in an experiment is enhanced if the participants help to generate the…
GENETIC LINGUISTICS
Languages are classifies into 18 families. Each has developed from a common ancestral proto-language. Larger families are divided into subfamilies.…
GENICULATE NUCLEUS
Cluster of nerve cell bodies that are on the thalamus. There are 2 pairs, lateral and medial, one on each…
GERMINAL STAGE
1. Humans. The first 2 weeks of prenatal life after fertilisation where the egg moves to the uterus and is…
GESTALT THERAPY
a form of psychotherapy where the focus is on the totality of a person's functioning and relationships in the here…
GIBSON, JAMES JEROME
US psychologist 1904-1979. married Eleanor Jack. He was a respected experimental psychologist and studied visual perception and ecological perception. He…
GLIOBLASTOMA
the name of fast growing and malignant brain tumour that gets support cells from the central nervous system. Results in…
GLUCOSTATIC THEORY
A theory stating that the short term regulation of food intake is governed by the rate glucose is metabolised at…
GOAL MODEL OF EVALUATION
the name for the assessing the organisational effectiveness by focusing on its public goals and expectations rather than private ones.…
GOLDEN SECTION
Division of a line or area so that the ratio of the smaller to the larger portion is equal to…
GRADIENT OF REINFORCEMENT
the generalization that the closer in time a response is to reinforcement then the stronger it will be.