EXPECTANCY-VALUE MODEL
Where motivation for an outcome depends on the significance of the outcome.
EXPERIMENT
The series of observations under controlled conditions used to study relationships to draw a causal inference.
EXPERT WITNESS
The person qualified to give evidence of a scientific nature or a professional matter.
EXPLORATORY EXPERIMENT
The experiment that gives an indication as to relationships among variables to use in more definitive experiments.
EXTENDED FAMILY
1. The family unit living in one household including parents, children, grandparents, cousins. 2. In modern western society the nuclear…
EXTERNAL EVALUATOR
The person conducting an evaluation of a prgram who is not part of the program being evaluated.
ECHOPRAXIA
The automatic imitation of another person's gestures and movements. Also called echomatism- echomimia.
ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY
1. The degree where results obtained from research are representative to conditions in the wider world.2. Perception. The degree that…
EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE
The advice given to students to help them make suitable decisions regarding education. See educational counselling.
EGO FUNCTIONS
Psychoanalytical theory. The variouis functions of the ego including self awareness, problem solving, controlling motor functions, memeory etc.
EGO-BOUNDARY LOSS
The condition where a person lacks a clear sense of where his own mind and body end where these features…
ELABORATIVE REHEARSAL
An encoding strategy to facilitate information of memory linking new information to that already known. See depth of processing hypothesis-…