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EARLY MEMORY

The adult recollection of childhood events back to that age of around 3.

ECHO- ENCEPHALOGRAPH,

The graph of waves from the midline structure that are recorded as visual images.

ECOBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

Assessment used in applied behaviour analysis to measure moment-to-moment effects on specific behaviours.

ECPHORIA

1. Memory activation that uses a cue of some sort for retrieval. 2. Process of reviving a memory using stimulus.

EDUCABLE

The potential for academic learning.

EDUCATIONAL RETARDATION 1

1. Slowness of a student acquiring knowledge due to various disabilities. 2. Slowness or delay specific to a subject or

EFFERENT MOTOR APHASIA

Aphasia resulting from lesions in the lower part of the premotor area of teh brain.

EGO ANALYSIS

Techniques directed towards discovering wekanesses and strength in our ego. See ego strength- ego weakness.

EGO PSYCHOLOGY THEORIES

Combine biological and psychological views of people's development while recognising the complex influences of sociocultural dimensions on individual functioning.

EGO-DYSTONIC HOMOSEXUALITY

Being distressed about not being aroused by the opposite sex.

EINSTELLUNG

1. Having a relatively inflexible mental attitude. 2. The tendency to respond in a stereptypical way.

ELDERLY HOUSING

Accomodation suitable for the older adults designed to take account changes in in physical and cognitive abiltities.

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)

The controversial ytreatment that induces a seizure in a patient by passing an electric current through the templs.

ELECTROOCULOGRAM (EOG)

Graphic representation of the elcetrical potential between the front and back of the eye.

ELEMENTARY COGNITIVE TASK (ECT)

A simple test designed to measure participants response times as they perform tasks.

ELLIS-VAN CREVELD SYNDROME

An autosomal recessive disorder where a person has extra fingers and toes, poorly formed hair, teeth and nails with skeletal

EMBOLIC STROKE

Stroke caused by a blood clot lodging in a smaller cerebral artery.

EMERGENT LITERACY

The skills and knowledge we amass that allows to be literate.

EMOTIONAL CONTROL

The influence we exert on our emotions, thoughts and behaviour.

EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY

The tendency to have rapid emotional change. See affective liability.