EMOTIONAL HANDICAP
Learning or behavioural disorder with fears and anxieties preventing a child from functioning socially or academically.
EMPIRICAL PSYCHOLOGY
The approach to study and explanation of psychological phenomena emphasising objective observaton and experimental methods. See experimental psychology. Introduction The…
EMPLOYMENT TEST
A test to assess knowledge, skills and abilities to predict job performance.
ENCAPSULATED END ORGAN
The termination part of a sensory nerve fibre locate din peripheral tissue such as the skin.
ENCOUNTER MOVEMENT
Trend towards forming small groups where different techniques are used to stimulate awareness, personal growth and interactions.
ENDOCRINOLOGY
The study of the morphology, physiology, biochemisrty and pathology of the endocrine glands.
ENDOPSYCHIC STRUCTURE
The internal structure of the mind combining the ego, id and superego. See structural model.
ENGENDERING PSYCHOLOGY
Developing approaches to psychology based on gender. See feminist psychology- woman centred psychology.
ENTERIC VIRUS INFECTION
Viruses that multiply in the gastrointestinal tract. Also called enteroviral infection.
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
Factors from the environment that pose danger to a person, community or organism.
EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
The accumulation of blood in the space above the dura mater caused by a blood vessel rupture.
EQUIPMENT DESIGN
Human engineering deaing with the design of work tools, appliances and machines of all kinds. See tool design- workspace design.…
ERIKSON, ERIK H
German born US psychologist, 1902-1994, trained under Anna Freud and is a personality theorist.