GATEKEEPER
A health care professional asociated with a care organisation who determines a person's access to the helth care services provided.…
GENDER ROLE
the pattern of behaviour, personality traits and attitudes defining masculinity or femininity in a certain culture. Determined by upbringing that…
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
the study of the basic principles, problems and methods that underlie the science of psychology. Includes human development, emotions, motivation,…
GENETIC PREDISPOSITION
the term describing the tendency for a physical or mental condition or disorder to be able to be inherited by…
GEROPHILIA
the term that is used to describe the sexual attraction of a person to much older partners. Also called gerontophilia.
GLUCORECEPTOR
the name given to certain cells found in the hypothalamus that detect levels of circulating glucose and convey this information…
GRADE NORM
the name for the standard score or the range of scores representing average achievement of a set group of people.…
INFORMATION GIVER
term that was identified in 1948 by US educational theorist Kenneth D. Benne, 1908-1992 and 20th-century US social psychologist Paul…
INTERNEURON
the name that is given to a neuron that is neither sensory nor motor but connects other neurons within the…
INTROVERSION
Internal private orientation toward the world of ones self and the inner thoughts of ones feelings, rather than towards the…
ISOMORPHISM
1. In cognition, the relationship between a perceived stimulus and the resulting verbal process as in pronunciation of a printed…
JOB PERFORMANCE
Quantity or quality of output, or against multiple criterion dimensions. See employee evaluation, job criterion, performance review. Effectiveness of job…
KINESTHETIC FEEDBACK
Provided by stretch receptors in the muscle spindles and tendons as well as by receptors in the joints. Information about…
LAMOTRIGINE
Although ineffective for treating acute maniac episodes it has gained acceptance as a single drug treatment for acute bipolar depression…
LAWS OF THOUGHT
The principles that define logical thought deemed to be essential to the rational thought process.
EYE-HAND COORDINATION
is the combined motions of the hands and eyes, working in tandem, for example; an infant may locate a toy…
FACILITATED COMMUNICATION
was first developed by Australian educator Rosemary Crosslet (1945 -) in the 1970s as method of enabling the communication of…
FALSE ANALOGY
is one method of delivering an entirely invalid conclusion by associating two variables with each other or establishing an invalid…