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GROUP POLARIZATION

Tendency for members of a group discussing an issue to move toward a more extreme version of the positions they

GROUP TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR

Term for tendency of ethnic and other groups to establish and then defend separate areas. Seen in neighbourhoods of large

GROWTH SPURT

the term that is sued to describe any period of accelerated physical development, especially the pubescent growth spurt.

GUIDED PARTICIPATION

Process where the influence of social partners and social cultural practices combine to give support and direction to children and

GUSTATORY HALLUCINATION

This term is used to describe the false and enduring taste sensation, usually of bitterness or sourness. It is often

GYNO- (GYN-)

the term for the combining form women or female.

GALACTORRHEA

The abnormal expression of milk from a woman's breast that can occur at times other than nursing a baby and

GAMMA

the name for the symbol Y that is the distance of a stimulus from the threshold.

GANZFELD

1. The homogenous visual field with no area of stimulation. 2. Parapsychology. Used in experiments where the person cannot see

GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS

These are the disorders associated with dysfunctions of the gastrointestinal tract, such as diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, colitis, flatulence, dysphagia, gastroenteritis

GELASMUS

the spasmodic laughter of people with certain psychogenic disorders and brain diseases. It is a psychomotor seizure and is called

GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER

A disorder characterised by clinically significant distress or impairment of functioning due to cross-gender identification and persistent discomfort arising from

GENE SPLICING

A technique of inserting genetic material in the form of dna into an existing DNA molecule. Commonly performed in genetic

GENERAL PROBLEM SOLVER (GPS)

the name of a computer problem that approaches problem solving using a means-ends analysis and intended to address many problems

GENETIC EPISTEMOLOGY

name of the experimental study of the development of knowledge that was started by Jean Piaget.

GENEVA SCHOOL OF GENETIC PSYCHOLOGY

the term for those people who adhere to Jean Piaget

GENITIVE

a term describing pronouns and noun phrases that express a possessor-possessed relation. Possessive pronouns include my and mine, you and

GEOMETRICAL ILLUSION

a figure made of straight or curved lines in which the lines or their interrelationships are misinterpreted by the visual

GERM THEORY

the doctrine stating that infectious diseases are caused by the presence and activity in body tissues of microorganisms, such as