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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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EXPERIMENTATION

Carrying out experiments.

EXPERIMENTEE

Person taking part in an experiment.

EXPERIMENTER

The party devising the experiment.

EXPERIMENTER BIAS

An error occuring from the expectations of the experimenter.

EXPERIMENTER DRIFT

The change in the systematic way a person conducts an experiment.

EXPERIMENTER EFFECT

One of 2 errors. (a) errors from the experimenter, (b) the bias from effects of the participants. See experimenter bias-

EXPERIMENTER EXPECTANCY EFFECT

Where the experimenter expects certain results and causes errors in research.

EXPERIMENTER INTERPRETER EFFECT

The error resulting from the bias of the researcher interpreting the results.

EXPERIMENTER MODELING EFFECT

A systematic error where participants in research act closely to the way the experimenter would respond.

EXPERIMENTER OBSERVER EFFECT

An error by the investigator in the perception or recording of data.

EXPERIMENTER PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECT

The unintended effect on a person's rsponses associated with individual differences of psychological and social characteristics of the experimenters.

EXPERT FALLACY

A paradoxical finding that experts are poor reporters of their own skills.

EXPERT POWER

The capacity to influence others deriving from the assumption that the influencer has superior skills. See power.

EXPERT SYSTEM

A program using explicit representation of human knowledge. Also called knowledge based system.

EXPERT TESTIMONY

Evidence given by an expert witness in court. See opinion testimony- ultimate opinion testimony.

EXPERT WITNESS

The person qualified to give evidence of a scientific nature or a professional matter.

EXPERTISE

Having a high level of domain specific knowledge.

EXPERT-NOVICE DIFFERENCES

The difference between a skilled worker and a non-skilled worker.

EXPIATION

The atonement for wrongdoing representing acknowledgement and relieves and reduces feelings of guilt.

EXPIATORY PUNISHMENT

A punishment to the wrongdoer who is made to suffer in proportion to the severity of wrongdoing. Compare reciprocal punishment.