EGO TRANSCENDENCE
The feeling that we are beyond concern with the self and able to perceive reality with less egocentric bias ans…
EGO-SPLITTING
1. Psychoanalytical theory. The ego develops opposed but coexisting attitudes to a phenomenom. 2. Object realations theory. The fragmentation of…
ELABORATION
1. Process of linking information to be emembered to information we already know. See elaborative rehearsal. 2. Developing an idea…
ELECTRIC SHOCK METHOD
Using electricity to treat people. See electro-convulsive therapy- electro-therapy.
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG)
The study of brain waves using an instrument that amplifies and records them.
ELECTROSTIMULATION
A negative reinforcement technique using electric shock. See aversion therapy.
EMMETROPISM
The normal optical system where distant objects are sharply focused on the retina. Also called emmetropia. Compare hyperopia- myopia.
EMOTIONAL DISSEMBLANCE
Lack of correspondence between the affective state and its outward expression.
EMPIRICAL GROUNDING
Practice of anchoring theoretical terms to scientifically measurable events.
EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING
Counselling that is designed to help a person with work related issues.
ENACTIVE REPRESENTATION
Representing objects and events through action and movement. See enactive mode.
ENCOPRESIS
The repeated and involuntary defecation occurring after age 4 not due to a general mental condition. Compare fecal incontinence.