| 76. | George Herbert Mead | (February 27, 1863 – April 26, 1931) was an American philosopher, sociologist and psychologist, primarily affiliated with the University of Chicago, where he was one of several distinguished More… 7.3 KB |
| 77. | George Kelly | American psychologist, therapist and educator (Apr 28, 1905 – Mar 6, 1967), best known for developing Personal Construct Psychology. George Alexander Kelly was born on a farm near Perth, More… 2.6 KB |
| 78. | Geriatrics | Branch of medicine that focuses on health care of the elderly. It aims to promote health and to prevent and treat diseases and disabilities in older adults. Elderly female in residential More… 5.9 KB |
| 79. | Gerontology | Gerontology is the study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging. It is distinguished from geriatrics, which is the branch of medicine that studies the disease of the More… 1.7 KB |
| 80. | Geschwind-Galaburda hypothesis | Proposed by Norman Geschwind and Albert Galaburda to explain sex differences in cognitive abilities by relating them to Lateralization of brain function. The basic idea is that differences More… 0.5 KB |
| 81. | Gesell development norms | A pioneering attempt, by the American Psychologist Arnold Gesell, to produce a timetable for the usual appearance of physical abilities in infants and young children. |
| 82. | Gesell development scales | inventories of development based on the systematic study of infants and preschool children in the Yale clinic of child development. Two scales, the infant schedule and the preschool More… 0.4 KB |
| 83. | Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy | A method of psychotherapy based strictly on Gestalt psychology. It was developed by the German Gestalt psychologist and psychotherapist Hans-Jürgen P. Walter and his colleagues in Germany More… 0.9 KB |
| 84. | Gestalt completion test | Incomplete pictures which can only be completed correctly if the subject perceives the underlying unity and wholeness of the picture. |
| 85. | Gestalt psychology | A response to the introspective analysis of consciousness advocated by Edward Titchener and the behavioral analysis John.B.Watson came in the form of an approach to psychology that arose More… 4.0 KB |
| 86. | Gestalt theory of perception | Gestaltists hold a Theory of Perception which is radically opposite to the associationists account or that of the traditional psychology. For gestalt psychology the data of experience are More… 0.7 KB |
| 87. | Gestalt therapy | An existential and experiential psychotherapy that focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist-client relationship, the environmental and social contexts More… 3.5 KB |
| 88. | Gestalten | Gestalten are innate abilities that help us make sense of our world. Koffka, Kohler and Wertheimer, the founders of the long gone gestalt school of psychology, first identified them around More… 0.6 KB |
| 89. | Gestation period | in (viviparous animal); is the length of its gestation. In humans this is 266 days (38 weeks), but varies for other animals. Gestation period is measured from conception to birth. |
| 90. | Ghost in the machine | a derisive term used by Gilbert Ryle to refer to the common view that the mind is a spiritual substance, or soul-like, a view that Descartes held. |
| 91. | Gi tube | a tube inserted through a surgical opening into the stomach. It is used to introduce liquids, food, or medication into the stomach when the patient is unable to take these substances by More… 0.2 KB |
| 92. | Gina Cerminara | An American author in the field of Parapsychology, Spirituality and Reincarnation. She was born in Milwaukee and received BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from the University of More… 0.4 KB |
| 93. | Glans | A structure internally composed of corpus spongiosum in males or of corpus cavernosa and vestibular tissue in females that is located at the tip of homologous genital structures involved in More… 1.3 KB |
| 94. | Glasgow coma scale | a standardised system used to assess the degree of brain impairment and to identify the seriousness of injury in relation to outcome. The system involves three determinants : eye opening, More… 0.7 KB |
| 95. | Glass Ceiling | In the United States, used as a metaphor for restrictions to upward advancement in organizations presumably placed (whether intentionally or unintentionally) on women and minorities by white More… 1.0 KB |
| 96. | Glial cells | Also known as neuroglia or simply glia, are non-neuronal cells that provide support and nutrition, maintain homeostasis, form myelin, and participate in signal transmission in the nervous More… 3.3 KB |
| 97. | Global aphasia | The symptoms global aphasia of are those of severe Broca's aphasia and Wernicke's aphasia combined. There is an almost total reduction of all aspects of spoken and written More… 1.4 KB |
| 98. | Globus pharyngis | (Also called globus sensation, globus or, somewhat outdatedly, globus hystericus; commonly referred to as having a "lump in one's throat") is the persistent sensation of More… 0.9 KB |
| 99. | Gloss Pharyngeal Breathing | a means of forcing extra air into the lungs to expand the chest and achieve a functional cough. |
| 100. | Glossolalia | Or speaking in tongues is the vocalizing of fluent speech-like but unintelligible utterances, often as part of religious practice. Its use (including use in this article) sometimes also More… 1.9 KB |
