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n. Gamma-amino butyric acid, a common inhibitory neurotransmitter in the human central nervous sy...

n. The structure in some neurons that has three types of receptor sites, to one of which GABA bin...

n. A man injured in a mining accident when an explosion shot a steel rod over 3 feet long and ove...

n. A crude variable pitch whistle invented by Francis Galton used to determine the upper frequenc...

n. (GSR) A change in the level or degree to which the skin conducts electricity, which tends to d...

n. An erroneous belief that random events such as occur in honest games of chance are self-correc...

n. Persistent and recurrent gambling that disrupts personal, family, and vocational functioning. ...

n. Either the ovum or the sperm, which must unite to form a zygote in the process of sexual repro...

n. A mathematical approach to describing how people make constrained choices with the intention o...

n. (GABA) A common inhibitory neurotransmitter in the human central nervous system. When released...

n. A kind of motor neuron in the gamma tract of the spine which controls the sensitivity of muscl...

n. A collection of neuronal cell bodies outside the central nervous system except for the basal g...

n. 1. Any neuron making up the retinal layer closest to the front of the eye, which receives inpu...

n. An undifferentiated visual field characterized by dim white light in which a person looking in...

n. One-trial learning in which an animal learns to avoid a food after it has been sickened and es...

n. A theory of pain in which it is supposed that there are neural gates in the spinal cord which ...

n. The exclusion from conscious experience of some sensory information while attention is focused...

n. Active avoidance of eye contact with another person. This is characteristic of normal people i...

n. 1. The condition of being female, male, neuter, or androgynous. In recent times there has been...

n. Any usual or statistically significant variance of a trait or other characteristic between tho...

n. The psychological state of discomfort or dissatisfaction with the individual's social assignme...

n. Gender identity is the identification of oneself as female or male; that means that gender ide...

n. Gender identity disorder (GID) is a problem in accepting the gender identity that matches an i...

n. A gender role is a learned set of behaviors associated with women or men. These behaviors are ...

n. Gender role ideology is the conception of what gender roles should be, which may vary from gen...

n. The idea that children learn what it means to be male and female from the culture in which the...

n. The beliefs about differences between men and women and differences in what is appropriate for...

n. The process of forming or applying expectations about differences in behavior between men and ...

n. A basic unit of heredity, which is composed of a promoter region which controls the action of ...

n. 1. The production of proteins through the creation of RNA by a gene. 2. The appearance of the ...

n. The frequency of a particular version of a gene or allele in a population relative to the freq...

n. The total number of genes and their variations present in an interbreeding population of a spe...

► See GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

n. (GAS) A description of response to chronic stress in three stages: alarm, resistance, and exha...

n. (g) A theoretical construct that assumes there is a generalized mental ability underlying the ...

► See GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

n. 1. A statement of widely applicable principle which is held to be true in all or at least most...

n. A graphic representation of the decline in the magnitude of response by an organism to stimuli...

n. The observation that when a response is reinforced, it increases the likelihood of similar res...

n. The observation that when a stimulus produces a response, similar stimuli will also produce th...

n. A disorder characterized by excessive anxiety and worry more days than not for at least 6 mont...

n. The strength of a habit in a particular situation. This depends on the similarity of the prese...

n. 1. The study of basic principles of human mental functioning and behavioral control. 2. A name...

n. Generational differences due to life-cycle changes associated with aging or to historical and ...

n. The observation that memory for items in memory studies is better if the subjects help to gene...

n. A description of language in terms of a finite set of explicit rules capable of generating the...

n. In Erik Erikson's epigenetic cycle of development, the possible outcomes of development in mid...

n. A change in the electric potential across the membrane of a sensory receptor resulting from a ...

n. The interactive process of providing personal information to individuals, couples, or, occasio...

n. The degree to which one gene's expression takes precedence over another gene in the same cell ...

n. The relative likelihood that one versus another form (or allele) of a gene will find expressio...

n. Change in the relative frequencies of genes in a population across generations due to mutation...

n. The psychology of Jean Piaget, which focuses on the development of understanding in the child....

n. The degree to which an organism is adapted to its environment so that it can survive and produ...

n. 1. The study of genetic and early environmental influences on the development of the child. 2....

n. The interdisciplinary study of genes, heredity, and variability among species. It includes the...

n. In psychoanalytic theory, the adult stage in mental and physical development from puberty onwa...

n. 1. The genetic makeup of an individual. This is opposed to the phenotype, which is the actual ...

n. A perceptual whole that is more than the sum of its parts and cannot be completely described i...

n. A set of observations about the interrelation between aspects of the physical world and the fo...

n. A school of thought in psychology that focused on perception and emphasized the organization o...

n. A perceptual attribute or quality that emerges from the organization of sensory elements but i...

n. An approach to psychotherapy that combined the ideas of Gestalt formation with an existential ...

n. 1. A complete language independent of spoken language such as American Sign Language. 2. Commu...

n. The hypothesized portion of ability in any specific task that is associated or correlated with...

n. A phrase coined by Arthur Koestler to note the problem of the interrelation of the mind and bo...

n. A tic disorder characterized by a combination of facial tics and vocal tics, which may be yelp...

n. Any organ whose function includes the secretion of a substance needed by the body. Glands whic...

n. A disorder usually characterized by a buildup of pressure in the fluid (aqueous humor) inside ...

n. Any tissue made up of glial cells, which are nonneural cells within the nervous system which p...

adj. Of or relating to glia cells.

n. Severe or total anterograde amnesia which includes both verbal and nonverbal information and r...

n. Either of a pair of pale yellow dome-shaped structures which are part of the basal ganglia and...

adj. Sounds with place of articulation at the glottis are called glottal. English has a glottal f...

n. The glottis is the space between the vocal cords. The glottis is open during normal breathing,...

n. A homeostatic approach to hunger that supposes that eating is governed by the brain, which mon...

n. C5H9NO4, a nonessential amino acid that is a precursor to GABA, which is a major inhibitory ne...

n. C2H5NO2, an amino acid that serves as one of the two major inhibitory neurotransmitters in the...

n. Behavior aimed at the attainment of a particular desired end. Goal-directed behavior may be in...

n. A set of tests requiring abstract thinking and category formation intended to detect neurologi...

n. An irregular stack of membrane bound sacs which process and store proteins and lipids within t...

n. A sensory receptor in muscles near tendons which sends nerve impulses to the central nervous s...

n. The observation that lines that appear to move in the same direction tend to be grouped togeth...

n. A test of a child's intellectual ability based on his or her ability to draw a man accurately ...

n. The quality of forming a clear, complete, and stable perceptual figure or whole with simplicit...

n. 1. This refers to how well a statistical model fits a set of observations. The chi-square test...

n. A nerve potential that varies in amplitude according to the degree of stimulation and does not...

n. The progressively smaller appearance of the same texture as it moves away from the perceiver.

n. (GREs) Any of several tests designed to predict potential for success in graduate school. The ...

n. A book published by the American Psychology Association which lists information about accredit...

n. All natural languages are principled systems, and the principles governing use for a given lan...

n. A generative grammar (also transformational grammar, transformational generative grammar)is a ...

► See GRAMMAR, GENERATIVE

n. A theoretical human grammar that is supposed to underlie all the structures of all natural lan...

n. Thoughts which are unrealistically grand, self-important, and nearly impossible to bring into ...

n. Thoughts which portray the self in an unrealistically grand, important, and nearly omnipotent ...

n. A form of epilepsy which involves the motor cortex and so produces tonic-clonic convulsions as...

n. Any rating scale in which a response is made by marking a position on a line such as those anc...

n. The study of the physical characteristics of handwriting, either with a view to discriminating...

n. Excessive, uncontrolled, and incoherent writing such as in lists or memoirs. This is a frequen...

n. An involuntary reflex in which the fingers close around an object that touches or strokes the ...

n. 1. The pleasure of having one's desire fulfilled. 2. The object which fulfills one's desire.

n. The parts of the brain and spinal cord in which cell bodies and unmyelinated nerve fibers, whi...

n. 1. The assertion that individuals in oral and literate societies differ profoundly and particu...

n. The modification of speech without the speaker's awareness through nonverbal reinforcement by ...

n. A set of four conversational guides for maximizing the efficiency of conversation proposed by ...

n. The emotion experienced after a great loss, as in the death of a close relative. A feeling of ...

n. 1. Caring for the appearance of one's body and clothing. 2. In animal behavior, the act of pic...

n. The actions of a group as a whole or the actions of an individual in a group and especially as...

n. A social group possesses a high level of group cohesiveness when its members share common goal...

n. 1. The collective awareness or experience of a group. 2. The place or importance of group memb...

n. The rapid spread of ideas, attitudes, and behaviors through crowds of people or other animals.

n. Any change in the average of a variable between experimental groups or any other characteristi...

n. 1. The ongoing processes and changes that go on in functioning groups, including affiliation, ...

n. A graphic representation of the number of occurrences in specified ranges of variables, usuall...

n. The formation of a group from individual components. In perception, this usually involves Gest...

n. An experimental error caused by the manner in which the data were combined or grouped. In most...

n. Group-produced enhancement of members' preexisting tendencies; a strengthening of the members'...

n. Any of numerous processes of psychotherapy done in a group setting. Most approaches use the gr...

n. A psychometric evaluation that may be administered by a single examiner to more than one perso...

n. Any of numerous processes of psychotherapy done in a group setting. Most approaches use the gr...

n. A collective pattern of conformity, defensive avoidance of nonconforming ideas, selfcongratula...

n. (GH) A chemical released by the anterior pituitary gland which promotes the synthesis of prote...

n. Galvanic skin response is a change in the ease with which the skin conducts electricity, which...

n. On of the four basic chemicals which form all DNA and RNA.

n. The sense of taste. Perceptions of taste are composed of the sensation from receptors for swee...

n. An attitude scale which has its items arranged in a hierarchy so that agreement with any item ...

n. A ridge or raised portion of the brain; a convoluted surface, as opposed to a sulcus, which is...