GROSS MOTOR
These are the activities and skills using the large muscles to move our limbs and trunk. They control balance and…
GROUP DEVELOPMENT
1. Natural patterns of growth and change in a life span of groups. Distinct stages than incremental ones. Not cyclic…
GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE
Practicing medicine by a group of physicians including various specialists that associated for administrative and for such clinical purposes as…
GROUP SOCIALIZATION THEORY
Theory of development of personality where children are socialised by peers and influence from adults filters down to the peer…
GROWTH CURVE
1. The graphic representation of the growth rate of an organism. 2. The graphic representation of the increase in learning…
GULF WAR SYNDROME
Term used for the collection of unexplained symptoms experienced by some veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. Symptoms may include…
GYNECOMASTIA
Results from hormone imbalance related to tumours, side effect of dopamine therapy that results in excess secretion of prolactin and…
GAME THEORY
model or paradigm used to understand the dynamics associated with personal conflict. Often used in theoretical modelling and empirical studies.
GANGLIOSIDOSIS
the name for the disorder of metabolising lipids and is marked by an accumulation of gangliosides in the nervous system.…
GASTROCOLIC REFLEX
the name of the reflex wave of contraction that passes along the colon when food enters a fasting stomach or…
GEGENHALTEN
a German term used in neurology for the involuntary resistance to passive movement of the extremities. The German translation is…
GENDER DIFFERENCES
the term applied to the typical differences between men and women that is often specific to a particular culture where…
GENE KNOCKOUT
deliberate inactivation of a gene to better understand its function. Uses genetic engineering where scientists will replace a normal gene…
GENERAL LINEAR MODEL
large class of statistical techniques including regression analysis, analysis of variance and correlational analysis that describe the relationship between a…
GENERALIZED MATCHING LAW
Behavioural studies. Formula in the form of a power function describing choice between 2 alternatives in terms of a ratio…
GENETIC COUNSELING
the interactive method of educating people about any genetic risks, benefits, limitations of genetic testing, risk of reproduction and options…
GENETICISM
the name of the concept that a person's behaviour is inborn, as in Sigmund Freud's theory of instincts and psychosexual…
GENITAL ZONES
the term that is used to describe the external reproductive organs and adjacent areas that are capable of producing genital…