GENERALIZATION
1. Deriving a concept or theory from a number of specific cases, applying it widely. 2. Judgement derived and applied…
GENETIC ALGORITHM
The positive goal of middle adulthood interpreted in terms of procreation and of creativity and fulfilling your full parental and…
GENETIC PSYCHOLOGY
the study of genetic and early environmental factors that will influence child development. In the 19th and early 20th centuries…
GENITAL MUTILATION
The mutilation of external genitalia. Can be a cultural tradition, religious ritual, self-harming behaviour due to psychosis and a violent…
GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE CORRELATION
a correlation between the nature or the location of a mutation in an individual based on observations of affected individuals…
GERIATRIC SCREENING
Program or system administered by a hospital, community center, county health center to evaluate the needs of older adults by…
GERSTMANN'S SYNDROME
the name that is given to the set of symptoms of a neurological disorder marked by dysgraphia, finger agnosia, acalculia,…
GESTURAL COMMUNICATION
the name given to the non-verbal transmission and reception of messages, ideas, feelings, signals by using body and hand movements.
GLOBAL APHASIA
the term that describes the complete loss of expressive and receptive language skills. Also called total aphasia. See sensorimotor aphasia.
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE
the name for the 9th cranial nerve supplying the pharynx, soft palate and posterior 1/3 of the tongue and its…
GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR
The receptors that bind and respond to the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate. Receptors are found on the surface of most neurons.…
GOAL SPECIFICITY
a term used to describe the degree that the target behavior of a goal is defined.
GOLTZ SYNDROME
a congenital disorder featuring eye anomalies, absent or extra digits and skin lesions, particularly nodules of herniated subcutaneous fat in…
GOOD ENOUGH PARENT
Term that is used to describe the parent who cares for his or her children in any way that is…
GRACILE FASCICULUS
Medial portion of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord that are composed of ascending fibres that terminate in the…
GRAECO-LATIN SQUARE
the term for the variant of a Latin square that superimposes one orthogonal Latin square upon another to allow for…
GRAPHIC METHOD
the name that describes the use of visual displays in the recording, presentation and interpretation of data.
GRAY RAMUS
The short nerve in the autonomic nervous system carrying unmyelinated postganglionic fibres from a sympathetic ganglion to an adjacent spinal…
GRIP STRENGTH TEST
the name of the test where the strength of hand grip is assessed with a dynamometer. It is part of…