Extrovert Definition and Personality Traits
The average person is familiar with the common definition of extroversion. It’s the opposite of introversion. Bold versus shy, risk-taking…
EXPERIENTIAL THERAPY
A form of depth psychotherapy developed by Karl A. Whitaker and Thomas P. Malone (1953), in which the patient achieves…
EXPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
This term is used for “those aspects of movement which are distinctive enough to differentiate one individual from another” (Allport…
EXOTIC PSYCHOSES
Severe psychiatric disorders found in primitive cultures but not in Western society. The term is usually applied to functional conditions…
EMOTION (Theories)
There appear to be three general aspects of emotional response. First, the perceptual or cortical aspect: the recognition of a…
EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE PERSONALITY
A personality-trait disturbance characterized by immaturity and lack of control over emotional reactions.In unstable persons minor obstacles or irritations produce…
ENCOPRESIS (Enchopresis)
Involuntary defecation not caused by organic defect or illness.In our culture inability to control bowel function after the age of…
ENERGIZER (Antidepressant)
A stimulating, mood-elevating drug used primarily in combating depressions.Two types of energizers, or “psychoanaleptics,” are in use today: MAO inhibitors,…
ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY (Human Engineering)
A field of applied psychology devoted to technical aspects of the work process, particularly the improvement of methods of work,…
ENTROPY (literally “turning toward or turning inward”)
A diminished capacity for spontaneous change; the inability to translate psychic or physical energy into a new form.In its psychiatric…
ENURESIS (Bed-wetting)
Persistent involuntary discharge of urine, usually during sleep, after the age of three. Bed-wetting may occur every night, several times…
EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS
An inflammation of brain tissue caused by a filterable virus, and sometimes associated with systemic infections such as measles, mumps,…
EPILEPSY (Etiology and Therapy)
The primary symptoms of epilepsy, alterations of consciousness in association with convulsive movements, are produced by disturbances in the electrical…
EPILEPSY (Symptoms and Types)
Epilepsy comprises a group of disorders characterized by transient, recurrent episodes of clouding or loss of consciousness, sometimes with convulsive…
EQUILIBRIUM (Labyrinthine Sense; Vestibular Sense)
The sense of balance and position.Two sets of receptors in the inner ear, or “labyrinth,” are responsible for our senses…
EIDETIC IMAGERY (Photographic Memory)
Mental imagery, usually visual, which closely resembles actual perception.Some people are able to look at a drawing or page of…
EROTOGENIC ZONE (Erogenous Zone)
An area of the body that is particularly susceptible to erotic stimulation. Three of these zones are considered primary: the…
ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY (Elec- troconvulsive Therapy; EST, ECT)
Convulsive therapy was originated by the Hungarian psychiatrist, Ladislaus J. Meduna in 1935, after he had noted that epilepsy and…