Glossary G

Glossary G

Group Therapy refers to a Psychotherapy conducted in groups; a therapy conducted with groups of people rather than one on one between a therapist and client.

Group-centrism refers to a group-level syndrome caused by members’ excessive strivings to maintain and support their group ’s unity that results in perturbations in a group’s decision-making capability and intergroup relations.

Group –group conflict is defined as a conflict between two (2) or more groups.

Grouping is a term in Piaget's Theory referring to a set of logically related operations.

Grouping variables refer to variables, such as race or ethnicity usually statistically controlled for in analyses where culture is not the focus of the study.

Groupmind refers to a supra-individual level of consciousness that links members in a psychic, telepathic connection.

Groupthink refers to the result when group cohesion leads all members of the group to abandon realistic evaluation of the situation and follow the corporate group ideal.

Growth is defined as the processes by which organisms increase in size, weight, strength, and other traits as they develop.