GUILTY BUT MENTALLY ILL (GBMI)
the name for a court judgement when the defendant pleads insanity as their defense. If accepted they are sent to…
GYNANDROMORPH
the name of an organism with male and female features usually with male on one side and female on the…
GABRIEL'S SIMULTANEOUS TEST PROCEDURE (GABRI
one of several approaches for controlling the type I error rate by adjusting significance levels in multiple post hoc comparisons.
GAME REASONING
the reasoning that governs acceptable behaviour in a sporting context. Morality is sport is lower than morality in the rest…
GANGLIOSIDE
applied to any of the group of glycosphingolipids that are sugar-containing lipids that occur mainly in the tissues of the…
GCNETIC DETERMINISM
A doctrine that human and non-human animal behaviour and mental activity are controlled by then genetic constitution of the individual…
GENDER CONSTANCY
the a child's emerging sense of the permanence of being a boy or a girl and an understanding that occurs…
GENE IMPRINTING
the name that is given to the phenomenon where the expression of a gene is different depending on whether it…
GENERAL LANGUAGE DISABILITY
the term given to any language difficulty in children characterised by delayed speech, prolonged use of infantile speech and grammar…
GENERALIZED IMITATION
the name for imitation of forms of behaviour that, until presented by a model, had been previously unseen. Presumably this…
GENETIC CONSTRAINTS ON LEARNING
the name that is given to the concept that was prominent from the 1960s to the early 1980s where species-…
GENETIC VARIATION
the basis for differences in natural selection within a species population. Some genetic features are more favourable than others and…
GENITAL STIMULATION
Factors of sexual arousal including integration of male and female genital reflexes, odours, hormone secretions, sights, sounds and tactile and…
GEOCENTRIC THEORY
Theory of Ptolemy stating the earth is the centre of the universe and the bodies in the heavens all move…
GERIOPSYCHOSIS
the outdated term that is used for any manifestation of brain deterioration and severe mental disorder that will be associated…
GESELLSCHAFT
this is the name that describes a social group or a society where the people feel isolated from each other.…
GHEEL COLONY
colony of people with mental illnesses who live at Gheel in Belgium. It dated back to the 13th century. St…
GLABROUS SKIN
the term that is applied to the tough, thick hairless skin that is located on the soles of our feet…
GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE
This the name for the verbal and non-verbal intelligence as measured by the verbal and performance subtests in various Wechsler…