Category: G

  • Group marriage

    Group marriage

    Involves two marriages, two couples and an additional person, or one couple and an additional person. One of the most noteworthy experiments occurred through the establishment of the Oneida Community in upstate New York in 1884 by John Humphrey Noyes. The experiment ended in the 1880s when the community splintered and Noyes retreated to Canada.…

  • Group investigation

    In education, a process of learning together in a cooperative manner, cooperative learning.    

  • Grouping practices

    In education, a set of criteria used to cluster students into different categories aimed at more efficient instructional delivery.  

  • Group cohesiveness

    The attraction group members feel for one another in terms of desires to remain a member of the group and resist leaving it.  

  • Group

    In social psychology, two or more people who interact or communicate, perceive themselves as forming a unity, and typically share at least one common goal. In group insurance, a body of subscribers eligible for group insurance by virtue of some common identifying attribute, such as common employment by an employer, or membership in a union,…

  • Groundwater

    Water in the water table below the earth’s surface.  

  • Gross national product (GNP)

    All the goods and services produced in a year in the United States changed to a dollar value. The market value of all goods and services produced by labor and property supplied by residents of the U.S. during a particular period of time. Income from overseas operations of a domestic corporation would be included in…

  • Groin

    The inguinal region of the body. A junction at each side of the body where the lower abdomen joins the top of the thighs. Area where the abdomen and thighs join; also called inguen. The region of the body where the lower abdomen joins the top of the thigh. The external depression on the front…

  • Grocer’s itch

    Eczema of the hands resulting from the handling of flour and sugar. A form of dermatitis on the hands caused by handling flour and sugar. Dermatitis caused either by mites in grain or cheese or by sugar.  

  • Grit strategy

    An acronym for graduated reciprocation in tension reduction.