Glossary G
Glossary G
Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) refers to scale Axis V of the DSM-IV which is a scale that rates the individual's overall level of psychological health.
Global assumptions refer to fundamental beliefs that encompass all types of situations.
Global attribution refers to the belief that the cause of an event is due to factors that apply in a large number of situations, example, a person's intelligence, will influence his/her performance in many areas), as opposed to the belief that the cause is specific and applies in only a limited number of situations, example, a perons's musical ability, which will affect his/her performance in music courses but not in other courses.
Global image features refers to an information that may enable observers to rapidly perceive the gist of a scene. Features associated with specific types of scenes include degree of naturalness, degree of openness, degree of roughness, degree of expansion, and color.
Global objectives refer to very broad statements of intended learning that require years to accomplish.
Global optic flow refers to an information for movement that occurs when all elements in a scene move. The perception of global optic flow indicates that it is the observer that is moving and not the scene.