EMPIRICAL-RATIONAL STRATEGY
Social psychology. The idea that societal and insitutional change can be brought about if the public receives enough information.
ENCEPHALOMALACIA
A softening of brain tissue that results from an insuficient blood supply.
END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE
The terminal stage of chronic kidney failure. Only a replacement will stop death.
ENGULFMENT
1. The extreme distress and anxiety related to feelings of being taken over by an external force. 2. Thefear of…
ENVIRONMENTAL COGNITION
Processing information in real world settings with regard to memory for geographic location and finding your way. See cognitive map-…
ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Branch of psychology where the effects of the physical environment on behaviour and welfare is studied.
EPILEPTIC CRY
A cry produced by contraction of the chest and larynx during the tonic phaes of a tonic-clonic seizure. Also called…
EPISODIC MEMORY
The memory for a specific and personally experinced event whose retirval relies on cues of asociation. See autobiographical memory- autonectic…
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT (ERA)
A proposed amendment to the US constitution to gurantee equal rights under the law to both sexes.
ERROR OF COMMISSION
A type of human error where the person say presses a buton twice instead of once and an error occurs.
ESCAPE FROM REALITY
Defense action by using fantasy to avoid conflicts and problems. See flight from reality.