GENDER IDENTIFICATION
the process of identifying yourself as male or female and adopting the roles and values of that gender. See gender…
GENERAL FACTOR
A hypothetical source of differences in general ability that will represent the ability to perceive relationships and to derive conclusions…
GENERATIVITY VERSUS STAGNATION
Generativity is the goal of adulthood including procreation, creativity and fulfilling parental and social responsibility for the next generation. This…
GLABROUS SKIN
the term that is applied to the tough, thick hairless skin that is located on the soles of our feet…
GUILTY KNOWLEDGE TEST
Lie detector test where knowledge of a crime is tested. A polygraph is used and the examiner will measure the…
INTERNAL BOUNDARY
Psychoanalytic theory. The name of the boundary between ego and id. Also called inner boundary. Compare external boundary.
INTERSENSORY PERCEPTION
1. Information and the perception that is presented through modalities that are separate and an experience that is intergrated. 2.…
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
A specific activity with an incentive to engage and is derived from the activity itself (e.g. a genuine interest in…
INVOLUNTARY ERRORS
Knowing they are mistakes and errors that are made in spite of this, a slip of the tongue and and…
JOB DESCRIPTIVE INDEX (JI)I)
a 72-item instrument measuring employees' attitudes in areas such as work, pay, supervision, promotions and coworkers.
KENNARD PRINCIPLE
This principle that brain damage sustained early in life is less debilitating that brain damage sustained in later life, presumably…
LATENT TRAIT THEORY
A model for the design of instruments used in observing traits or testing unobservable traits. The preferred method of developing…
EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
is the binary opposite to intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation explains the drive for an individual to participate within a specific…
FACTOR-COMPARISON METHOD
is one of the many methods used to evaluate jobs which is then used to set an appropriate wage or…
FALSE-CONSENSUS EFFECT
is a popular social phenomena where an individual believes that own beliefs, ideals, concepts, opinions, values and attitudes are held…