| 1. | G spot | The Gräfenberg spot, or G-spot, is a controversial term used to describe the area of the female vagina that might contain an erogenous zone which when stimulated can lead to high levels of More… 1.7 KB |
| 2. | GABA | Gamma-aminobutyric acid. A major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, implicated in several psychiatric and neurologic conditions. See also disinhibition. =Edgerton, Jane E. More… 0.3 KB |
| 3. | Gain loss theory of interpersonal attraction | An attempt to formulate a theory that takes account of changes in people's liking for each other : It suggests that increases or decreases in the rewarding behaviour we receive from More… 0.5 KB |
| 4. | Gain-loss theory of interpersonal attraction | An attempt to formulate a theory that takes account of changes in people's liking for each other. It suggests that increases or decreases in the rewarding behaviour we receive from More… 0.5 KB |
| 5. | Gainful occupation | Includes employment in the competitive labour market, practice of a profession, farm or family work (including work for which payment is in kind rather than in cash), sheltered employment, More… 0.3 KB |
| 6. | Gait training | Instruction in walking, with or without equipment, also called 'ambulation training'. |
| 7. | Gallup poll | The first and the best-known technique for the mass sampling of public opinion; invented by the American Social Scientist George Gallup. |
| 8. | Galton bar | an instrument for determining the just-noticeable difference for visual distance. |
| 9. | Galton, Francis | (1822-1911) A British scientist, a cousin and disciple of CHARLES DARWIN, who pioneered the testing of INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES in mental abilities. |
| 10. | Galvanic nystagmus | Nystagmus induced by passing an electric current through the labyrinthine region. |
| 11. | Galvanic skin response | (GSR), also called : psychogalvanic reflex (PGR), electrodermal response (EDR), or skin conductance response (SCR), is a method of measuring the electrical resistance of the skin. There has More… 2.9 KB |
| 12. | Galvanometer | an instrument for measuring the strength for an electric current. Measurements are made in amperes and milliamperes. |
| 13. | Galvanotropism | an orienting movement of the body toward an electric current. |
| 14. | Gambler fallacy | also called the Monte Carlo fallacy or the fallacy of the maturity of chances, is the belief that if deviations from expected behaviour are observed in repeated independent trials of some More… 1.1 KB |
| 15. | Gamblers Anonymous | Voluntary organisation of ex-gamblers patterned along the lines of Alcoholics Anonymous. |
| 16. | Game theory | A branch of applied mathematics that is used in the social sciences (most notably economics), biology, engineering, political science, computer science (mainly for artificial intelligence), More… 2.1 KB |
| 17. | Gamete | a sex well that, combined with another sex cell, forms the zygote or the biginning of a new individual. |
| 18. | Gamma alcoholism | A type of alcoholism defined within the disease model, characterized by physical dependence on alcohol and loss of control over drinking, considered by Jellineck to be the predominant from More… 0.2 KB |
| 19. | Gamma aminobyturic acid | an inhibitory neurotransmitter of the central nervous system. |
| 20. | Gamma efferents | Motor nerve fibers of a small size classification particularly the motoneurons to the muscle spindle fibers. |
| 21. | Gamma movement | A form of illusory movement in which an object appears to expand when it is suddenly presented, or to contract when it is suddenly withdraw, and when the intensity of the light is suddenly More… 0.3 KB |
| 22. | Gamma waves | Brainwaves with the highest frequency, 120 to 150 cycles per second at peak amplitude. They appear to represent reasoning and thinking and are found in the forward part of the cortex. |
| 23. | Gamma-knife radio surgery | a surgical application using laser like beams of radiation to reach obscured areas of the brain. |
| 24. | Gang | social unit consisting of individuals whose common interests bind them together. Gangs may be composed of people of any age, but are very common among children. |
| 25. | Ganglion | 1- A group of nerve cells whose cell bodies are located outside the brain or spinal cord. 2- A cluster of cell bodies in the subcortical regions of the brain. |