Group selection

Group norm

Group membership

Group factor theory

Group cohesion

Gradualism

Graded receptor potential

Glial cell

Gestalt psychologists

Geon

Gender-schema theory

Genetic predisposition

Generativity

one of the polarities of maturity, as described by Erik Erikson, where an adult is able to give of him/herself without expectation of personal gain.

Those aspects of an individual that may lead them to respond more negatively to an unpleasant event, which are related to events they have experienced in the past.

The idea that gender identification occurs as a result of the child acquiring schema about appropriate behaviour and characteristics for people belonging to a particular gender, and then trying to live in accordance with their schema.

the basic building block of Biederman's model of visual object representation, which is a simplified version of a generalized cone, having an axis and a cross-section which are defined only in terms of simple dichotomies (straight or curved, symmetrical or asymmetrical).

a group of mainly German psychologists, who were most active in the 1920s and interested, among other things, in the way that perception imposes structure upon its stimulus.

a cell in the nervous system which provides the chemical support that is essential to maintain neural functioning.

the response of a typical receptor cell involving a change in membrane potential that is proportional to the strength of the stimulus, rather than being an all-or-nothing action potential.

in the study of evolution, the view that most of the time a species exists it will stay exactly the same, with only slow changes occurring.

in the study of groups, the development of friendships and the structuring of the group, which occurs as some individuals take the lead and others tend to follow.

an approach in the theory of intelligence, which emphasizes the independence of different factors that make up intelligence rather than one important general factor; using factor analysis, the American psychologist Thurstone identified seven separate factors in the performance of intelligence tests.

acceptance of the individual into a particular social group, which in turn is a powerful influence in the formation of the self.

The unspoken agreement about what is acceptable behaviour for members of a particular social group.

in sociobiology, the evolution of traits for the good of the species or group, even though they disadvantage the individual.

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