GOAL-BASED EVALUATION
Evaluation determining the extent that a program has achieved its goals or evaluation objectives. Relies heavily on stated program goals…
GOMPERTZ HYPOTHESIS
The hypothesis suggesting that the probability of human mortality will increase exponentially with age in a geometric proportion that doubles…
GRADE EQUIVALENT
The test score expressed in terms of a grade norm. For example, if a 3rd grader
GRAMMATICALITY
the term for the quality of adhering to the rules of grammar. A sentence can be grammatically correct but still…
GRAPHOMANIA
the term used to describe a pathological impulse to write. In its most severe form, it may degenerate into graphorrhea.
GREAT COMMISSURE
1. Vertebrate brains. Corpus callosum because it is by far the largest commissure that connects the two cerebral hemispheres. 2.…
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…
GUESS-WHO TECHNIQUE
Term used for rating personalities used in schools where a student will give a short word picture for personality types…
GUILTY KNOWLEDGE TEST
Lie detector test where knowledge of a crime is tested. A polygraph is used and the examiner will measure the…
GYNECOLOGY
the name given to the branch of medicine that is concerned with diseases and disorders of the reproductive organs of…
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…