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…
EXTRAPAIR MATING
is typically observed in the animal kingdom, where normally socially monogamous species, such as birds, pair with another of their…
FACE RECOGNITION
is the process of identifying an individual using their facial features and expressions which individual's typically remember greater and for…
FACTOR PATTERN MATRIX
is a term which is normally associated with factor analysis where the factor pattern matrix is a matrix of regression-like…
FALSE NEGATIVE
has a range of applications to a range of real life situations, for example, a false negative in diagnostics may…
FANTASY PLAY
is observed widely amongst couples in modern society involving the pretending or make-believe play which typically includes the fulfillment of…