ENTITATIVITY
The extent that a group is consideredd to be one entity rather than a group of many individual entities. Also…
ENVIRONMENTAL AGNOSIA
1. The ability to recognise familiar places. 2. Loss of topographical familiarity. See topograph agnosis.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION
A way to improve the well-being of people by changing living conditions.
EPIGENETIC LANDSCAPE
The visual metaphor showing development as having hills and valleysbut is different with each person.
EQUITY THEORY
A theory of justice dealing with the fair return from activities we do. Output is related to the input into…
ERGONOMIC TRAPS
A component of a design that could cause an accident or human error. See behaviour based safety.
EROGENOUS ZONE
An area or part of the body sensitive to stimulation that is a sexual or erotic feling of pleasure. Also…
ESALEN INSTITUTE
An alternative centre for education in California using meditation and new age therapies.
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
The high blood pressure that is not secondary to a disease and for which no obvious cause is found. See…
ETHICAL JUDGMENT
1. The moral decision made by a person in a dilemma.2. The faculty of making moral distinctions. Also called moral…
EVALUABILITY-ASSESSMENT DATA
The information sought to find problematic areas of program evaluation. It reviews expectations for performance.
EVENT-RELATED MAGNETIC FIELD (ERF)
Any change in the magnetic field of the brain detected on the scalp by a magneto encephalogram.
EVOLUTIONARY EPISTEMOLOGY
Any approach used to explain the origins and development of human knowledge in terms of biological evolution.