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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

EXERCISE ADHERENCE

Attending and meeting goals in exercise. See exercise compliance.

EXISTENTIAL NEUROSIS

Neurosis with feelings of despair and anxiety from living and not taking responsibility for your own life. See authenticity- existential

EXOPHTHALMOS

Where the eyeball protudes out abnormally.

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.

EXPERIMENTATION

Carrying out experiments.

EXPERTISE

Having a high level of domain specific knowledge.

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.

ECLAMPSIA

Convulsions occuring in people with pre-eclampsia is a serious condition in pregnant women.

ECONOMIC MODEL

Psychoanalytic theory. The view that the psyche can be explained in terms of the distribution of psychic energy associated with

ECTOPLASM

1.The dense cytoplasm seen at the periphery of a cell. 2. The substance that is supposed to be seen around

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT

Developing and applying tests to measure a students ability.

EFFECTIVE STIMULUS

The stimulus produces an effect in an organism.

EFFORT JUSTIFICATION

The phenomenom where people evaluate a task more favourably when it involves something difficult or unpleasant. See cognitive dissonance theory-