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…
GALACTORRHEA
The abnormal expression of milk from a woman's breast that can occur at times other than nursing a baby and…
GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS
These are the disorders associated with dysfunctions of the gastrointestinal tract, such as diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, colitis, flatulence, dysphagia, gastroenteritis…
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.
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…