EJACULATIO RETARDATA
Delay in ejaculation during sexual intercourse due to psychogenic factors. Also called male continence.
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC AUDIOMETRY
Class of procedures for measuring auditory function using electrical responses.
ELEMENTARY PERCEIVER AND MEMORIZER (EPAM)
A computer program reflecting a rote model of learning of nonsense syllables by humans.
ELSI PROGRAM
The Ethical, legal and social implications prgram of the human genome project.
EMERGENT-NORM THEORY
An explanation of connective behaviour that suggests uniformity in behaviour is seen in collectives such as crowds and cults.
EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION
The lack of warmth, affection and interest by the caregiver to the child.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence involving the ability to process emotional information. See quotient.
EMOTIVE IMAGERY
Used in behaviour and cognitive behavioural therapy where the client imagines emotion arousing scenes while relaxing and being comfortable and…
EMPIRICAL-RATIONAL STRATEGY
Social psychology. The idea that societal and insitutional change can be brought about if the public receives enough information.
ENCEPHALOMALACIA
A softening of brain tissue that results from an insuficient blood supply.
END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE
The terminal stage of chronic kidney failure. Only a replacement will stop death.
ENGULFMENT
1. The extreme distress and anxiety related to feelings of being taken over by an external force. 2. Thefear of…