Glossary G

Gynephobia in the psychology context refers to an irrational and intense fear or aversion towards women. It is categorized as a specific phobia and can lead to significant distress and impairment in an individual's daily life. Understanding gynephobia is crucial for mental health professionals and researchers to provide appropriate treatment and support for those who experience this phobia.

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Gynophobia also spelled Gynephobia is defined as the fear of women. Gynophobia or Gynephobia is from Greek words "gyne" which means female, woman and phobia which means fear

Gyp also spelled Gip means a fraud or swindle; one who defrauds; a swindler. Gyp also means to deprive another of something by fraud; cheat or swindle.

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Gyri (singular, gyrus) refer to the ridges of the cortex between sulci.

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Gyrus (plural gyri) refers to the protuberance or elevation of the brain, separated from another Gyrus by a sulcus

Spearman's g is the term introduced by Charles Spearman to describe his concept of a general intelligence. It is Spearman’s abbreviation for Neogenesis, which means one’s ability to understand relations or general mental ability. In Psychometric theory, it is the idea that intelligence can be expressed in terms of a single factor, general intelligence or g, first formulated by Spearman in the early 1900s.

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