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GROUP-ANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY

Group psychotherapy focusing on communication and interaction within the group. The group is used as a therapeutic agent. Also called

G-SPOT

the abbreviation for the Graefenberg spot.

GUIDING FICTION

Personal principle serving as a guideline where a person can understand and evaluate experiences to determine their lifestyle. If you

GUSTATORY QUALITIES

The range of taste sensations that we are sensitive to. Categorised into basic primary tastes of sweet, salty, sour, umani

GYRUS

the term that is used to describe a ridged or raised portion of a convoluted brain surface. Compare sulcus.

GALANIN

the name of a neuropeptide that is implicated in a variety of functions, including normal growth of the nervous system,

GAMMA EFFERENT NEURON

the name of a motor neuron that controls muscle spindle sensitivity. Compare alpha motor neuron.

GAP JUNCTION

An intercellular junction with a gap of about 2-4 nm between the plasma membranes of two cells, spanned by protein

GASTRULATION

a stage in embryonic development when the blastula is reorganised to form the gastrula that is the basic form of

GEMEINSCHAFT

This applies to a type of society or social group based on a community of feeling resulting from shared life

GENDER NONCONFORMITY

the term that applies to the behaviour that differs from that of others of the same sex or from cultural

GENE-GENE INTERACTION

the name that is given to the interaction between two or more genes that may be responsible for the development

GENERAL SEMANTICS

The early attempt in philosophy of language to establish the relationship between words and referents on a scientific basis. Proved

GENERATION EFFECT

effect that memory for items to be remembered in an experiment is enhanced if the participants help to generate the

GENETIC LINGUISTICS

Languages are classifies into 18 families. Each has developed from a common ancestral proto-language. Larger families are divided into subfamilies.

GENICULATE NUCLEUS

Cluster of nerve cell bodies that are on the thalamus. There are 2 pairs, lateral and medial, one on each

GENIUS

the demonstrated exceptional achievement in a person. Different theories-born with, environmental reasons, overcompensation for inferior feelings. Generally seen as a

GEOTAXIS

the involuntary movement of an organism that helps it to keep its postural orientation related to the force of gravity.

GERMINAL STAGE

1. Humans. The first 2 weeks of prenatal life after fertilisation where the egg moves to the uterus and is

GESTALT THERAPY

a form of psychotherapy where the focus is on the totality of a person's functioning and relationships in the here