Category: G

  • Growth and development

    The changes in structure and function of cells, tissues, and organs. An increase in size and numbers of cells and improved functioning. A basis for motivation growth.  

  • Groupthink

    The mode of thinking that people engage in when seeking agreement becomes so dominant in a group that it tends to override the realistic appraisal of alternative problems solutions.  

  • Group therapy

    A social interaction as a means for understanding and dealing with mental and emotional problems tends to help the persons in the group to clarify their values and establish new and more effective value systems. A type of psychotherapy where a group of people with the same disorder meet together with a therapist to discuss…

  • Group theory

    A group number, objects, concepts, or events explains change from within and change from outside.  

  • Group test

    A test that can be administered to several people at the same time, individual test.  

  • Group-summary appraisal

    In business and industry, managers reach a consensus of assessment of subordinates’ performance.  

  • Group process

    In health education, the application of educational and communication principles in group situations, designed to facilitate problem solving and decision making through mutual stimulation of creative and critical thinking or to increase the credibility and attractiveness of recommended health practices.  

  • Group plan

    Representing the majority of health insurance policies; they are usually sold through one’s employment. Such plans tend to be less expensive and broader in coverage than individual plans.  

  • Group norms

    Appropriate or standard behavior that is required of informal group members.  

  • Group mind

    McDougalls’ early concept for the shared beliefs or conceptions in a group said not to be reducible to individuals’ mental processes.