GROUP FALLACY
1. Assumption that a group will possess qualities not understood by analysing qualities of each member. 2. Assumption that a…
GROUP PRESSURE
This term applies to any direct or indirect social pressure that is exerted by a group on its individual members…
GROUP TEST
the term that is applied to the test administered to several individuals simultaneously. Compare individual test.
GUIDED PERFORMANCE
Process where a learner is assisted by being given information or guidance in order to minimize errors. An example is…
GUSTATORY NEURON TYPES
These are the categories that taste neurons are grouped into according to sensitivity to taste. 40% to sweet, 35% to…
GYRATOR TREATMENT
Alternative psychiatric treatment of the 18th and 19th centuries for people with torpid and melancholic conditions that was attributed to…
GAMMA EFFERENT NEURON
the name of a motor neuron that controls muscle spindle sensitivity. Compare alpha motor neuron.
GAP JUNCTION
An intercellular junction with a gap of about 2-4 nm between the plasma membranes of two cells, spanned by protein…
GASTRULATION
a stage in embryonic development when the blastula is reorganised to form the gastrula that is the basic form of…
GEMEINSCHAFT
This applies to a type of society or social group based on a community of feeling resulting from shared life…
GENDER NONCONFORMITY
the term that applies to the behaviour that differs from that of others of the same sex or from cultural…
GENE-GENE INTERACTION
the name that is given to the interaction between two or more genes that may be responsible for the development…
GENERAL SEMANTICS
The early attempt in philosophy of language to establish the relationship between words and referents on a scientific basis. Proved…
GENERATION EFFECT
effect that memory for items to be remembered in an experiment is enhanced if the participants help to generate the…
GENETIC LINGUISTICS
Languages are classifies into 18 families. Each has developed from a common ancestral proto-language. Larger families are divided into subfamilies.…
GENICULATE NUCLEUS
Cluster of nerve cell bodies that are on the thalamus. There are 2 pairs, lateral and medial, one on each…