GENERAL EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION (GESP)
seen in parapsychology and is a paranormal outcome not assigned to any specific process of ESP.. It can be an…
GENERALIZABILITY
the term that applies to the accuracy with which results or findings can be transferred to situations or people other…
GENEROSITY
the term that is applied to the quality of a person who freely gives their support or resources to others…
GENETIC PROGRAMMING
a process of research looking for solutions to problems based on genetic algorithms. Problems represented by computer code, exchange in…
GENITAL LOVE
a term used in psychoanalytic theory and is the sexually mature love of another person achieved during the genital stage…
GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS
3 types of effects proposed. 1. Passive from biologically related parents. 2. Evocative from responses elicited by others. 3. active…
GERIATRIC REHABILITATION
the restoration of mobility and the ability to live independently for people with geriatric disorders. Many problems of old age…
GEROPSYCHOLOGY
the branch of psychology dealing with the mental health of older adults and the study of the process of aging.…
GESTATIONAL SURROGATE
the term that is used for the woman in whom an embryo that has been produced by in vitro fertilization…
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…