GOAL ORIENTATION
1. Tendency for a person to physically and mentally position themselves toward their goal. 2. Characteristic of a person tending…
GOOD BREAST
Psychoanalytic theory of Melanie Klein. Internalized representation of the mother's breast as nourishing and satisfying. Infant first experiences mother and…
G-PROTECTION DEVICE
a device used to counter the effects of gravity during flights. It is an inflatable cuff in the flight suit…
GRAPHANESTHESIA
the inability of a person to be able to recognize numbers or letters traced or written on the skin, for…
GRAVITY-INDUCED LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (G-LOC)
the term that describes the loss of consciousness associated with g-forces resulting from acceleration. It can occur suddenly and with…
GROUP BEHAVIOR
These are the actions that are performed by the group as a whole and the people taking part. Applies to…
GROUP HOME
name of a residential facility offering housing and personal care services, such as meals, supervision and transportation to its residents.…
GROUP RELATIONS THEORY
This takes the view that behavior is influenced not only by a person's unique pattern of traits but also by…
GROUP-SERVING BIAS
The cognitive tendencies that contribute to an overvaluing of a person's group, particularly the tendency to credit the group for…
GUILFORD-ZIMMERMAN TEMPERAMENT SURVEY (GZTS)
Measures 10 traits of personality: ascendance, sociability, friendliness, thoughtfulness, personal relations, masculinity, objectivity, general activity, restraint and emotional stability. 300…
GUSTOMETER
The name for the instrument used to deliver a predetermined volume and concentration of a taste or a gustatory stimulus…
GABA AGONISTS
These are the compounds that augment the effect at GABA receptor sites and on the action of GABA. There are…
GALTON BAR
the name for the instrument that measures the difference threshold, that is just a noticeable difference, for visual linear distances.…
GAMMA WAVE
Electroencephalography. Type of brain wave that tends to be irregular, low in amplitude, fast, ranging from 20 to 70 Hz…
GARGOYLISM
the name of the facial appearance of a person with Hurler's syndrome. Skull is long and narrow, broad nose bridge,…
GATEKEEPER ROLE
the responsibility of judges to determine the admissibility in court of both scientific and non-scientific expert testimony according to criteria…