Category: G

Guilt occurs when a person thinks that they have transgressed their own moral codes or personal standards. Guilt can be construed as a key component for the psychology of a functioning human being as empathy or accountability remorse revolves around a profoundly moral nucleus. Nonetheless, its aberration can be a precursor to panic or depressive […]

Gestalt psychology is a school of thought that emphasizes the holistic nature of perception, arguing that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Originating in early 20th-century Germany with pioneers such as Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Koffka, Gestalt psychology proposed that the mind organizes perceptual experiences into meaningful wholes rather […]

The ghost in the machine is a philosophical concept coined by Gilbert Ryle to critique Descartes’ mind-body dualism — the idea that the mind is a separate, non-physical entity operating within the physical body. Ryle argued this was a category error, as it treated the mind as a mysterious invisible force controlling the body like […]

In psychology, gender bias is the attitude of preference towards one gender over another in research, diagnosis, or societal expectations. It may manifest in the design of primary research, data interpretation, or the culture that frames the data. Psychologists have historically mainstreamed theories of psychology without adequately incorporating feminine perspectives. Understanding gender bias is crucial […]

Generativity versus stagnation is the seventh stage in Erik Erikson’s psychosocial development theory, normally categorized as the middle adulthood stage. Generativity is defined as the sense of creating or nurturing new living things and caring for them. This can be done through parenting, coaching, or even community service. Stagnation, on the other hand, is characterized […]

Generalizability is the extent to which the results of a psychological study pertain to other people, contexts, or situations that were not part of the original research. It examines the external validity of research findings. High generalizability implies that the results of the study are likely to reflect real-world behavior. In contrast, low generalizability limits […]

A gender identity is an integral part of an individual’s psychological being. It consists of various relational facets of being masculine or feminine or even both or neither. It also includes more complex psychological gender identities that span across a gender spectrum. The development of a psychological gender identity is a complex interplay of biological […]

Genitalia denote the sexual and reproductive system organs, both external and internal, which have primal importance both in biological reproduction and in psychosexual development. In psychology, the concept of genitalia frequently emerges in developmental theories, especially pertaining to Freud’s psychosexual stages where the genital stage marks the development of mature sexual interests and identity. Genitalia […]

Gender, in psychology, is the socially constructed roles, behaviors, expressions, and identities that cultures attribute to being male, female, or neither on the traditional binary. Gender, unlike sex, is based on how individuals perceive and perform themselves relative to cultural standards and expectations, rather than on biological traits like chromosomes and anatomy. An example is […]

A gender role in psychology is a collection of expectations, behaviors and attitudes that are regarded as suitable by the society to individuals depending on their perceived gender. These roles are defined by the cultural norms, traditions, socialization processes and affect the way individuals are expressing themselves in family, workplace and community environments. As an […]