Glossary G
Glossary G
Deutsch: Genre / Español: Género / Português: Gênero / Français: Genre / Italiano: Genere
Genre in the psychology context refers to the categorisation of content, such as literature, films, music, or other media, into distinct types or styles that share common characteristics, themes, or structures. While genre is primarily a concept from the arts and literature, it is relevant in psychology because of its impact on human cognition, emotion, and behaviour, including how people perceive, process, and are influenced by different types of content.
Genuineness is defined as the willingness to be authentic, real, open, and periodically self-disclosing within the helping relationship. One of the eight (8) critical attitudes. Similar to Congruence, Genuineness in the therapist refers to being one’s actual self with the client, not phony or affected.
Deutsch: Geon / Español: Geón / Português: Geon / Français: Géon / Italiano: Geone
A Geon (geometric icon) refers to the volumetric features of Biederman"s recognition-by-components Theory of object perception. Examples of Geons are blocks, cylinders, spheres, arcs, and wedges. According to Biederman, there are about 36 different geons, whic can be arranged in almost endless different ways.
George Berkeley (1685-1753) one of the earliest theorists who said that the only thing humans experience directly is their own perceptions, or secondary qualities.