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EXPERIMENTER DRIFT

The change in the systematic way a person conducts an experiment.

EXPLANATION

The account to provide meaning for an event or phenomenom. See scientific explanation.

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION

Function where part of the equation is a constant.

EXTENSIONAL MEANING

The meaning of a word or phrase. Compare intensional meaning.

EXTERNAL WORLD

The world of real and existing things external to and independent of our consciousness. See cartesian self- absolute reality- objective

EARLY BILINGUALISM

Where a child acquires 2 languages before the age of 5.

ECA SURVEY

Abbreviation for Epidemologic catchement area survey.

ECLECTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY

Psychotherapy that uses a range of approaches from different sources.

ECOPATHOLOGY

Community members can identify people as being abnormal in some way.

EDEMA

An excess accumulation of fluid in cells, organs or body cavities. See cerbral edema.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ACCREDITATION

Certification given to a learning institute with a minimum set of standarsds.

EFFECT-SIZE CORRELATION

Correlation between scores on the dependent variable and the contrast weights without removing sources of variation in data.

EFFORTFULNESS

The sense of effortused to complete a task.

EGO INVOLVEMENT

The extent to whcich we see an attitude object as being important or significant. Also called attitudinal involvement- personal involvement-

EGO-COPING SKILLS

Techniques we develop to deal with personal problems and stresses.

EIGENVECTOR

Linear algebra. Any vestor in a dimensional space associated with a transformation.

ELDER ABUSE

Any harm causd to an older person by another person.

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG EKG)

The wave ike tracing represnting the impulses of the conduction system of the heart muscle.

ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD

An electronic representation of a bulletin board seen on a computer network.

ELEGANT SOLUTION

The solution to a problem with the minumum effort tp produce the best result. See Occam's razor.