GENITALIZATION
1. Psychoanalytic theory. Focus of the libido on non-sexual objects that resemble or symbolise the sex organs. See fetish. 2.…
GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
Behavior oriented toward attaining a particular goal. Identified by observing that the animal or person ceases search behaviour and engages…
GROSS MOTOR
These are the activities and skills using the large muscles to move our limbs and trunk. They control balance and…
GUILFORD-ZIMMERMAN TEMPERAMENT SURVEY (GZTS)
Measures 10 traits of personality: ascendance, sociability, friendliness, thoughtfulness, personal relations, masculinity, objectivity, general activity, restraint and emotional stability. 300…
INTERMODAL MATCHING
the name for the ability to recognise an object initially inspected with one modality or sense like touch and via…
INTERSEGMENTAL ARC REFLEX
Fibers of sensory neurons or interneurons that are formed and travel from one spinal segment to another and use motor…
INTRAROLE CONFLICT
Incompatibility caused by conflict among behaviours and expectations associated with a single role. The inherent complexity may result in inconsistencies…
INVERTED-U HYPOTHESIS
Performance and motivation and the proposed correlation between them, the performance is poorest when motivation or arousal at very high…
JEHOVAH COMPLEX
Delusions of grandeur, which make the individual indentify with the qualities associated with God
KOHS BLOCK DESIGN TEST
Although still available as a separate stand alone instrument, the has been adapted for use as a component of various…
LATENT INHIBITION
The impedance of Pavlovian conditioning resulting from prior exposures with a conditioned stimulus before being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
EXTRAVERSION (EXTROVERSION)
is supposedly observed in those with external loci of identities, where the orientation of their energies and interests are focussed…
FACTOR THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE
is one of the many theories which argue the existance of various factors which affect an individual's intelligence. These factors…
FALSE-ALARM RATE
is the number or proportion of incorrect answers such as "Yes" or "No" given as final responses to tasks within…
FATE NEUROSIS
with respect to psychoanalytic theory, fate neurosis is a compulsive and unconscious need to arrange life events in a specific…
FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY
an attempt to counterbalance traditional male-oriented and male- dominated psychology, as well as a model for similar approaches for other…
FINE MOTOR
This term is used to describe the skills and activities that need coordination of our small muscles to make precise…