EVOLUTION OF INTELLIGENCE
Process that has developed intelligence from earlier and simpler species to later and more complex species.
EXCEPTIONAL CHILD
A child who is significantly above or below the average in some respect. See giftedness- slow learner.
EXCLUDED MIDDLE PRINCIPLE
Logic and philosophy. Principle stating that a statement and its negation must be true. Also called principle of the excluded…
EXISTENTIAL NEUROSIS
Neurosis with feelings of despair and anxiety from living and not taking responsibility for your own life. See authenticity- existential…
EXPECTANT ANALYSIS
Where an analyst waits for the client to gradually unfold his psyche. Compare focused analysis.
EXPERIMENTAL AESTHETICS
Using techniques of experimentalpsychologyto study natural objects or art forms.
EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS
A set of data analytical techniques alledgely revealing the structure underlying the coefficients. There is no unique solution.
EXTENDED SUICIDE
A murder-suicide situation where both are consideredd as the first person's suicide and not murder of another person.
EXTERNAL INEQUITY
The situation arising when an employer compensates an employee less than a similar employer would.
EBBINGHAUS TEST
A test using nonsense syllablesto study processes of memory free from any associations.
ECONOMIC MODEL
Psychoanalytic theory. The view that the psyche can be explained in terms of the distribution of psychic energy associated with…
EFFORT JUSTIFICATION
The phenomenom where people evaluate a task more favourably when it involves something difficult or unpleasant. See cognitive dissonance theory-…