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EVOLUTIONARY AESTHETICS

Concept of art evolving due to intrinsic forces rather than changing to reflect extra artistic forces.

EXCITANT

An agent that will make a response.

EXECUTIVE

The process or stage of mental activity that controls other mental activity. See cognitive control- control processes. Also called supervisory

EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

Combining exercise science and psychology to study circumstances and consequences of exercise involvement.

EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY

A general approach from existentialism emphasising the subjective meaning of human experience. See humanistic psychoilogy.

EXORCIST

An exomatic technique used in psychogalvanic response studies where electrical resistance of skin is measured. See galvanic skin response.

EXPECTED FREQUENCY

1. Frequency predicted from a theoretical model. 2. Frequency based on chance alone.

EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

The group or participants exposed to the variable.

EXPERIMENTER BIAS

An error occuring from the expectations of the experimenter.

EXPIATORY PUNISHMENT

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

EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION

A basic distribution useful in psychological research

EXTENSION REFLEX

The reflex action that extends a limb away from the body. Compare flexion reflex.

EXTERNAL VALIDITY

The extent that research can be generalized beyond the results to other situations or people.

EARLY BILINGUALISM

Where a child acquires 2 languages before the age of 5.

ECA SURVEY

Abbreviation for Epidemologic catchement area survey.

ECLECTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY

Psychotherapy that uses a range of approaches from different sources.

ECOPATHOLOGY

Community members can identify people as being abnormal in some way.

EDEMA

An excess accumulation of fluid in cells, organs or body cavities. See cerbral edema.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ACCREDITATION

Certification given to a learning institute with a minimum set of standarsds.

EFFECT-SIZE CORRELATION

Correlation between scores on the dependent variable and the contrast weights without removing sources of variation in data.