GARDEN-PATH SENTENCE
Sentence where structural cues, lexical ambiguity or a combination of both mislead the reader or listener to an incorrect interpretation…
GENDER-ROLE SOCIALIZATION
the conditioning of people to the roles, expectations and the behaviours that society prescribes for males and females.
GENITAL STAGE
Psychoanalytic theory. Final stage of psychosexual development, reached in puberty. Oedipus complex resolved, erotic interest and activity focused on sexual…
ITINERANT TEACHER
a commiting teacher, who travels to a couple of schools or classrooms as to provide specialized instruction for children.
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
The term is preferred by those who emphasize the active role of the child as a learner with considerable innate…
EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
is the binary opposite to intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation explains the drive for an individual to participate within a specific…
FAMILY CONSTELLATION
has also been associated with Alfred Adler; the family constellation refers to the collection of relationships within a particular family…
FECHNER'S LAW
a law that relates subjective experience to changes in stimulus intensity. This psychophysical formula proposes that the sensation experienced is…
FINITE-STATE GRAMMAR
Noam Chomsky in 1957, proposed that grammar generated a sentence one unit at a time in a sequence from left…
FUNCTIONAL
1.Psychology. Denoting or referring to a disorder where normal behavior changes without an observable organic or structural cause. 2. Generally,…
GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME (GAS)
This has 3 stages. 1. alarm has shock and countershock phase and can trigger fight or flight. 2.resistance stabilising physiological…
GENITAL STIMULATION
Factors of sexual arousal including integration of male and female genital reflexes, odours, hormone secretions, sights, sounds and tactile and…
GRANDMOTHER HYPOTHESIS
Proposition that is based on evolutionary theory where the contribution of grandparents , mainly grandmothers, to the care of their…
GUIDED PARTICIPATION
Process where the influence of social partners and social cultural practices combine to give support and direction to children and…