ERIKSEN FLANKERS TASK
A task where stimuli are assigned one of two responses and the particpant needs to respond to the target stimulus…
ERROR SCORE
Classical test theory. The diference between the expected score and the actual score.
ESP FREE-RESPONSE TEST
Parapsychology experiments where the gueses are not restricted to a set of determined responses. Compare ESP forced choice test.
ESTIMABLE FUNCTION
The function that the parameters of a model can be estimated from the data.
ETHNOGRAPHY
Describing the study of cultures based on direct observation. Compare ethnology. See etnography.
EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY (ESS)
The equilibrium between 2 different adaptive strategies allowing both strategies to be maintained within the population.
EXCITABILITY
1. The way some people are aroused to emotional responses. 2. property of a neuron reacting to stimulation. See action…
EXPECTATION-STATES THEORY
An explanation for status differentiation in groups that proposes members allocate status to those who are capable but also to…