GYNEMIMETOPHILIA
The term that is applied to the sexual interest in and arousal by men who are cross-dressing and playing the…
GAINSHARING
a reward system where employees are provided with monetary incentives in the form of bonuses that are tied to the…
GAMETOGENESIS
Process that results in the formation of gametes from germ cells, which normally involves mitosis. Female is known as oogenesis…
GANSER SYNDROME
Condition seen in mental hospitals and prisons where a dissociative state occurs from the unconscious effort to flee from an…
GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY
the involuntary movement of contents in the gastrointestinal tract. It is made by alternating contraction and relaxation of muscle fibres…
GEL ELECTROPHORESIS
the method of separating molecules of differing size or electrical charge by forcing them to flow through a gel under…
GENDER IDENTITY
the recognition of being male or female resulting from a combination of biological and psychic influences, family attitudes and cultural…
GENERAL PARESIS
dementia associated with an advanced neurosyphilitic infection in the brain. It is now rare as it is diagnosed early now.…
GENERALIZED SEIZURE
a seizure where abnormal electrical activity involves the entire brain rather than a specific focal area. The two most common…
GENETIC ENGINEERING
a set of techniques where genetic contents of living cells or viruses can be deliberately altered, by modifying the existing…
GENETOTROPIC DISEASE
the term that describes any disease caused by an inherited enzyme defect or deficiency. Phenylketonuria and other inborn errors of…
GENITALIZATION
1. Psychoanalytic theory. Focus of the libido on non-sexual objects that resemble or symbolise the sex organs. See fetish. 2.…
GERM PLASM
1. Cytoplasm in the egg cell giving rise to germ cell during development. 2. Hereditary material passing unchanged from one…
GESTALT HOMOLOGY
Gestalt psychology. Notion that components of 2 different structures can have same role in respective structures and are defined by…
GLASGOW COMA SCALE (GCS)
the name of a ratings scale used to assess levels of a person's consciousness after a head injury. Scores range…
GLOBAL WORKSPACE THEORY
theory of Bernard Joseph Baars that suggests that consciousness involves the global distribution of focal information to many parts of…