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…
ECOLOGICAL STUDIES
Ecology is the scientific study of the mutual relations between organisms and their environment.Ecological research on animals and plants focuses…
EGO PSYCHOTHERAPY
A therapeutic approach developed by Paul Federn and his disciple Edoardo Weiss, based upon the theory that mental disturbance involves…
EARLY INFANTILE AUTISM
A psychotic disorder of infancy characterized by stereotyped behavior and a total lack of response or relationship to other people.The…
EBBINGHAUS, HERMANN (1850- 1909)
In his work on memory, Ebbinghaus suggested many principles and methods that have been incorporated in modern psychology. He invented…
EXTRASPECTRAL HUE
typically consists of a variety of wavelengths, thereby creating a mixture, and as a result, not falling along the visible…
EYE TRACKER
is an electronic device which allows researchers to accurately track the movements of the eye and determine what the eyes…
EXTRASTRIATE VISUAL AREAS
are typically located outside the primary visual cortexes, otherwise known as the striate cortex and are the visually responsible areas…
EYEBALLING
is a term, typically classed as 'slang' which is used to describe the preliminary observance of search results or a…
EXTRACEPTION
was first defined by U.S. psychologist Henry Alexander Murray (1893 - 1988) as an attitude of skepticism towards a specific…
EXTRAUTERINE PREG
describes, the potentially painful medical condition, whereby a testicle has not descended fully from the abdominal cavity and has therefore…
EYE-HAND COORDINATION
is the combined motions of the hands and eyes, working in tandem, for example; an infant may locate a toy…
EXTRACHANCE
is an adjective used to describe a set of test results which differ greatly from the expectations planned before the…
EXTRAVERSION (EXTROVERSION)
is supposedly observed in those with external loci of identities, where the orientation of their energies and interests are focussed…
EYELASH SIGN
is one of the many diagnostic tests a neurologist can perform, when determining the level of neurological damage to a…