EMOTION (General)
Emotions are intense “stirred up” feelings, usually directed toward a specific person or event, and involving widespread visceral and skeletal…
EMOTION (Theories)
There appear to be three general aspects of emotional response. First, the perceptual or cortical aspect: the recognition of a…
EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE PERSONALITY
A personality-trait disturbance characterized by immaturity and lack of control over emotional reactions.In unstable persons minor obstacles or irritations produce…
ENCOPRESIS (Enchopresis)
Involuntary defecation not caused by organic defect or illness.In our culture inability to control bowel function after the age of…
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…
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…
EXTRAPYRAMIDAL EFFECTS
is an umbrella term used to describe any reactions which involve the extra-pyramidal tract which is associated with the central…
EYE CONTACT
is otherwise known as mutual gazing between two people, it is the persistent gazing into the eyes of the individual…
EYSENCK, HANS JURGEN
was a German-born British psychologist who lived between 1916 and 1997. He earned his Ph.D. from University College, London in…
EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMP
is one of the motor regions of the central nervous system which does not include the; motor cortex, any motor…
EYE DOMINANCE
is observed in a small population where one eye will be physically stronger (this fact can be ascertained through various…
EYSENCK'S TYPOLOGY
is otherwise known as PEN typology; is a system which is used to classify human personality types, through the use…
EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION (ESP)
otherwise known as 'ESP', is the alleged ability to sense events occuring around oneself, through an extra sense or means…
EYE MOVEMENTS
are the result of both contraction and the relaxation of the extrinsic muscles which surround the eyes. These movements allow…
EXTRASPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE
is considered the inverse of introspective approaches to observations. An extraspective perspective involves the methodological, objective and empirical observation of…
EYE MUSCLES 1 (EXTRINSIC EYE MUSCLES)
are a group of muscles which allow the eye to move within the eye socket itself. The extrinsic eye muscles…