GUILT CULTURE
term applied to the trend or organising principle in a society that is characterised by the use of guilt in…
GYMNEMIC ACID
The name of an extract of the Indian plant Gymnema sylvestris that is noted for its capacity to block sweet…
GABAPENTIN
a drug that is used to treat seizures and the pain associated with shingles. It is a chemical analogue of…
GAMBLER'S FALLACY
failure to recognise a chance event and gives the belief that an outcome can be predicted that is based on…
GANGLIONIC BLOCKING AGENTS
These are the drugs that inhibit the action of acetylcholine at synapses in autonomic ganglia. It decreases heart rate, lowers…
GASTRIC NEUROPATHY
term that describes a form of diabetic gastropathy that is marked by delayed emptying of the stomach and irregular food…
GAZE PALSY
Inability to move your eyes by saccades or smooth pursuit movement. It can be vertical or horizontal or complete in…
GENDER CONSISTENCY
the understanding that your own and other people's sex is fixed across situations regardless of superficial changes in appearance or…
GENDER-ROLE SOCIALIZATION
the conditioning of people to the roles, expectations and the behaviours that society prescribes for males and females.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
the term that describes the intelligence that is applicable to a very wide variety of tasks. See general factor.
GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD)
the excessive worry and anxiety about the range of activities and events that are accompanied with restlessness, fatigue, impaired concentration,…
GENETIC CODE
These are the instructions in the genes that tell a cell how to make a certain protein and resides in…
GENETIC THEORY
1. the view that behaviour can be explained in terms of hereditary and development. 2. The theoretical principles accepted in…
GENITAL STAGE
Psychoanalytic theory. Final stage of psychosexual development, reached in puberty. Oedipus complex resolved, erotic interest and activity focused on sexual…
GERIATRICS
the branch of medicine that deals with old age and the treatment of physical and mental disorders in older adults.…
GESCHWIND'S THEORY
The hypothesis that excessive intrauterine exposure to androgens will inhibit development of the thymus gland and left cerebral hemisphere, explaining…
GIVEN-NEW DISTINCTION
seen in sentence and linguistic structure and is the distinction between what we know and what is new information to…
GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE (GDS)
The 7 point scale used to indicate the severity of a primary degenerative dementia, such as Alzheimer