FUNCTIONAL INVARIANT
Found in Jean Piaget's theory. This term applies to any of the processes of organisation and adaptation that characterise the…
GENDER CONCEPT
The cultured role of each gender. There are expected roles for males and females that are based on biological sex…
N GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
the interaction between one or more genes and factors in the environment that is needed to trigger the onset of…
GENERALIZED MOTOR PROGRAM
the term that is used for the hypothesised and abstract form of a motor program whose expression can be varied…
GENITAL STAGE
Psychoanalytic theory. Final stage of psychosexual development, reached in puberty. Oedipus complex resolved, erotic interest and activity focused on sexual…
GOAL DIFFICULTY
the term that is used to describe the degree of ability, effort and time commitment needed to achieve a certain…
GREGARIOUSNESS
the tendency for people to associate with others in groups, organisations and activities so they can enjoy social life for…
INTERGROUP DYNAMICS
The term describing the dynamic rather than static processes that influence the ever changing relationships between groups, including intergroup stereotyping,…
INTERROGATIVE SUGGESTIBILITY
The degree to which an individual is susceptible to suggestive questioning. (a) degree to which an individual will respond to…
INTRAPERSONAL
Operating and describing factors or constructs occurring within the person, with things such as decisions, attitudes, self esteem, self concept…
INVARIANT FEATURE
An object that does not change or its characteristic when the object is viewed under different circumstances. Features that are…
JUNGIAN TYPOLOGY
a theory of personality that puts individuals into separate categories according to attitudes and dominant functions of the psyche.
KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE
A positive attitude toward a friend may assist in attributing that person's negative behaviour to situational factors rather that personal…
EXTRAPYRAMIDAL EFFECTS
is an umbrella term used to describe any reactions which involve the extra-pyramidal tract which is associated with the central…