GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD)
the excessive worry and anxiety about the range of activities and events that are accompanied with restlessness, fatigue, impaired concentration,…
GENETIC CODE
These are the instructions in the genes that tell a cell how to make a certain protein and resides in…
GENETIC THEORY
1. the view that behaviour can be explained in terms of hereditary and development. 2. The theoretical principles accepted in…
GENITAL STAGE
Psychoanalytic theory. Final stage of psychosexual development, reached in puberty. Oedipus complex resolved, erotic interest and activity focused on sexual…
GERIATRICS
the branch of medicine that deals with old age and the treatment of physical and mental disorders in older adults.…
GESCHWIND'S THEORY
The hypothesis that excessive intrauterine exposure to androgens will inhibit development of the thymus gland and left cerebral hemisphere, explaining…
GIVEN-NEW DISTINCTION
seen in sentence and linguistic structure and is the distinction between what we know and what is new information to…
GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE (GDS)
The 7 point scale used to indicate the severity of a primary degenerative dementia, such as Alzheimer
GLOTTAL STOP
an explosive speech stop caused by the complete closure of the glottis that is followed by the sudden release of…
GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE
The name of the enzyme that is responsible for the formation of the neurotransmitter gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) from glutamic…
GOAL-ATTAINMENT MODEL
the name of the process focusing on the achievement of a particular time-limited goal and measures the degree to which…
GOOD GESTALT
the quality possessed by an arrangement of stimuli that is complete, orderly and clear with a high degree of goodness…
GRADATION METHOD
the term for the psychophysical technique of measuring change in small equal units.
GRAPHOLOGY
the term used to describe the analysis of a person's handwriting as a means of inferring stable personality characteristics or…
GREAT CHAIN OF BEING
Attributed to Plato. Seeing creation as a continuously linked hierarchy from God through heavenly beings, humans, animals, plants and matter…