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GOAL-ATTAINMENT MODEL

the name of the process focusing on the achievement of a particular time-limited goal and measures the degree to which

GOM

an equation devised by Benjamin Gompertz, 1779-1865, who was a British actuary. Deals with mortality figures and age.

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.

GRAMMAR

Linguistics. Abstract system of rules describing how a language works. Traditionally consists of syntax and morphology with the modern systems

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

GROOMING

the term for the basic function of caring for yourself by cleaning and maintaining your hair, body and appearance standards.

GROUP DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (GDSS)

the technology that is used to improve speed, quality and efficiency of a group's decision making and helps in avoiding

GROUP MARRIAGE

Family pattern found in some indigenous cultures and minority religious groups where several men and women live together, sharing household

GROUP SOCIALIZATION 1

1. Interactions between a person and the group beginning when they join and ending when they leave. 2. Socialisation of

GROWTH CONE

the term that is applied to the growing tip of an axon or a dendrite.

GUARDIANSHIP

Term for a legal arrangement that will place the care of a person into the hands of another person if

GUILTY BUT MENTALLY ILL (GBMI)

the name for a court judgement when the defendant pleads insanity as their defense. If accepted they are sent to

GYNANDROMORPH

the name of an organism with male and female features usually with male on one side and female on the

GABRIEL'S SIMULTANEOUS TEST PROCEDURE (GABRI

one of several approaches for controlling the type I error rate by adjusting significance levels in multiple post hoc comparisons.

GAME REASONING

the reasoning that governs acceptable behaviour in a sporting context. Morality is sport is lower than morality in the rest

GANGLIOSIDE

applied to any of the group of glycosphingolipids that are sugar-containing lipids that occur mainly in the tissues of the

GASTRIN

the name of the hormone that is synthesised in the G cells of a stomach wall and regulates the release

GCNETIC DETERMINISM

A doctrine that human and non-human animal behaviour and mental activity are controlled by then genetic constitution of the individual