GENE SPLICING
A technique of inserting genetic material in the form of dna into an existing DNA molecule. Commonly performed in genetic…
GENERALIZED MATCHING LAW
Behavioural studies. Formula in the form of a power function describing choice between 2 alternatives in terms of a ratio…
GENITAL PERSONALITY
Psychoanalytic theory. A sexually mature adult personality developing in the final stage of psychosexual development. Person has a resolved oedipus…
GESTURAL COMMUNICATION
the name given to the non-verbal transmission and reception of messages, ideas, feelings, signals by using body and hand movements.
GNOSTIC FUNCTION
a person's ability to make fine spatial judgements with the skin senses by discriminating light touch sensations that stimulate the…
GRASP REFLEX
Involuntary reaction a person does when something touches the palm of their hand. Normal in infants before the cerebral cortex…
GROUPTHINK
An agreeing seeking tendency interfering with group decision making. Includes apparent conformity, being invulnerable, moral correctness and biased group perceptions.…
INTERGLUTEAL SEX
The name describing coitus in which the penis is placed between the cheeks of the buttocks, without entry into the…
INTERRATER RELIABILITY
the consistency with which different examiners produce similar ratings in judging the same abilities or characteristics in the same target…
INTRAINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Two or more traits and the variations between them, behaviours, or characteristics of a single person, example or I, aptitude…
INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE
Subjective judgement and knowledge that appears to be based on a gut feeling rather than learning specific. Knowledge is intuitive…
ITEM VALIDITY
In a test or experiment the extent to which an individual item measures what it purports to measure.
KNOWLEDGE BASE
A repository of factual and heuristic information that guides an organization's approach to specific problems or challenges, to research the…
EXTRANEOUS VARIABLE
is a variable which inadvertantly effects the course of an experiment, specifically the dependent variable, normally without the knowledge of…
FACTOR METHOD
is a basic and simple term which is used to describe the method during which factors which are extracted from…
FALSE MEMORY
is otherwise known as illusory memory. A false memory is considered a distortion of a memory which had previously been…