Category: G

In research, a factor that factor analysis suggests is involved in all tests for a particular trait.  

The secondary organizational environment that contains such variables as social norms, economic conditions, and government regulations.  

Academic instruction to prepare persons to take the high school equivalency examination.  

A broad area of the school program that attempts to develop common learning that is essential for success in society.  

In education, basic curriculum required of all students. A type of curriculum that is less rigorous than an academic curriculum aimed at college-bound students.  

A drug administered for the purpose of anesthetizing the entire body, local anesthetic.  

The body’s reaction to stress. The syndrome consists of (a) the alarm reaction, (b) the stage of resistance, and (c) the stage of exhaustion. General Adaptation Syndrome was described by Hans Selye and is today known as the Stress Response. It is the body’s reaction or adaptation to stress and includes three stages: the fight-or-flight…

The appearance of new alleles through spontaneous change. It is an error that is made during cell division when DNA is being duplicated. These errors may be due to either internal or external forces such as radiation and the presence of some chemicals. An alteration in a gene affecting hereditary potential.  

The condition in which the usual expression of one gene is modified by the presence of other genes.  

The proportion of one allele as represented in a breeding population.