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EMOTIONAL STABILITY

The consistency and predictability of emotional reactions. Compare affective lability.

EMPIRICAL METHOD

Method of conducting an investigation relying on experimentation.

EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEW

The interview of a job applicant to determine suitability for the job.

ENANTIODROMIA

1. A concept of Heraclitus that all things eventually turn in to or are replaced by their opposite. 2. Carl

ENCOUNTER GROUP

A group of people who come together for personal groth and insight into their conditions.

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

The set of endocrine glands that produce hormones.

ENDOPSYCHIC

Pertaining to the unconscious mind or intrpsychic processes. Compare exopsychic.

ENERVATE

1. To deprive of energy. 2. Surgically remove a nerve part.

ENTELECHY

Philosophy and metaphysics. The realisation as opposed to potential.

ENURESIS

The repeated and involuntary urination.

ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD

Gestalt psychology. The context in which an event occurs and its components interact.

ENZYME INHIBITION

Ability of drugs to impair enzyme action, mainly in the liver, to metabolise drugs or other substances.

EPIDURAL HEMATOMA

The accumulation of blood in the space above the dura mater caused by a blood vessel rupture.

EPIPHANY

The sudden perception of the essential nature of yourself, others or reality.

EPSDT

Abbreviation for Early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment.

EQUIPMENT DESIGN

Human engineering deaing with the design of work tools, appliances and machines of all kinds. See tool design- workspace design.

ERGOGRAPH

The device used to measure the work capacity of a muscle.

ERIKSON, ERIK H

German born US psychologist, 1902-1994, trained under Anna Freud and is a personality theorist.

EROTOGENESIS

The origination of erotic impulses. See erotization.

ERROR TERM

The element of a statistical equation indicating what is unexplained by an independent variable.