GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
Behavior oriented toward attaining a particular goal. Identified by observing that the animal or person ceases search behaviour and engages…
GOOD OBJECT
an early object representation derived from splitting an object into parts with positive and negative qualities. Forms the core of…
GRADE INFLATION
the name of the trend that results in higher grades being awarded for lower levels of scholarship. Also called upward…
GRANDIOSITY
the term for an exaggerated sense of your own greatness, ability and importance. It can be a delusion of grandeur…
GRAPHOMOTOR APRAXIA
the name used to describe an inability to perform the motor activities involved in writing or drawing despite normal capacity…
GREAT IMITATOR
1. Slang for lupus erythematosus or lyme disease, and other diseases that are difficult to diagnose correctly. 2. Former colloquial…
GROUP DIFFERENCE
Term for any seen differences between groups of people in an experiment who received different treatment as part of another…
GROUP MIND
the hypothetical and transcendent consciousness that is created by fusing people's minds into a collective like a nation or a…
GROUP SOLIDARITY
The sense of fellowship and community displayed by members of a collective who are united by shared purposes, responsibilities and…
GROWTH FUNCTION
Term for the relationship between a dependent variable and several levels of an independent variable defined in units of time,…
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…
GAIA HYPOTHESIS
The hypothesis that the earth, its physical environments and all living things make up a single entity that is self-regulating.…
GASTRODUODENAL ULCERATION
the name of the ulceration of the mucosal lining of the stomach and duodenum caused by hydrochloric acid in the…
GEISSER-GREENHOUSE CORRECTION
an adjustment technique in repeated measures analysis of variance that corrects for violations of the sphericity assumption. Defined by Seymour…