Glossary Items Starting with "G"
- general control
procedures
- Control achieved through preparation of settings, careful
response measurement, and
replication.
- general population
- See
population.
- generalizability
- Extent to which the findings from a research study are
applicable to the outside world.
- generalize
- Assuming that the findings of a particular research study
will be found for other participants or in other settings.
- generalization
- The process of assuming that the findings from one's study
will also apply to other situations, places, or times. See
generalize.
- genetic algorithms
- A computer-based problem-solving procedure largely inspired
by biological evolution.
- Gestalt psychology
- A philosophical perspective in the field of perception that
rests on the concept that the whole is greater than the sum of
its parts. Gestalt psychology seeks to find broad principles
describing how people process complex sensory input.
- graphs
- A means of presenting data visually. Some examples of graphs
are
histograms and
frequency polygons.
- graphs of factorial data
- Graphs that provide a visual illustration of interaction
effects and main effects in factorial studies.
- grouped frequency
distribution
- Frequency distribution that provides the frequency of scores
in intervals of equal size. Group frequency distributions are
used with
continuous variables or in situations in which there is
a large range of possible scores.