ECOSYSTEMIC APPROACH
The approach to therapy emphasising the interaction between a person or family and the larger social context such a sschoolls,…
EDUCATIONAL QUOTIENT (EQ)
The ratio of educational age to chronological age as a percetage.
EGO PSYCHOLOGY
Psychoanalysis. The approach that emphasises functions in the ego in controlling impulses and dealing with the external environment.
EGO-DYSTONIC
Psychoanalytical theory. Where we describe impulses wishes and thoughts that are repugnant to the ego and self.
EIKONOMETER
1. instrument used to determine the magnifying power of a microscope. 2. Instrument to determine the degree of aniseikonia in…
ELDER NEGLECT
The failure of the responsible care giver to provide sufficient care for an older adult. See elder abuse.
ELEMENTARISM
1. Scientific theory. Used to explain a complex thing by breaking it down to simple, elemental units. 2. Belief that…
EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY
The tendency to have rapid emotional change. See affective liability.
EMOTION-FOCUSED THERAPY
Therapy focusing on emotion as the determinant of pesonality development.
EMPIRICALLY DERIVED TEST
A test developed using the content, criteria and validating procedures.