EXTRAVERSION (EXTROVERSION)
is supposedly observed in those with external loci of identities, where the orientation of their energies and interests are focussed…
EYELASH SIGN
is one of the many diagnostic tests a neurologist can perform, when determining the level of neurological damage to a…
EXTRADURAL HEMORRHAGE
is internal bleeding which occurs outside the outermost protective layer covering the brain, otherwise known as the dura mater. Extradural…
EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
is an umbrella term used to describe any environment (a habitat or place) which can affect the species living there…
EYELID CONDITIONING
was first explored by a researcher named Pavlov, who showed that it was possible to classically condition an animal (and…
EXTRAFUSAL FIBER
are muscle fibres that are empirical to the general running and functioning of the nervous system. These fibres coat muscle…
EXTREMITY OF AN ATTITUDE
has been related to the strength of the attitude concerned, for example, one attitude may be treated or looked upon…
EYE-MOVEMENT CAMERA
is otherwise known as an eye tracker; normally an electronic device which photographs various eye movements (during specific conditions, such…
EXTRANEOUS VARIABLE
is a variable which inadvertantly effects the course of an experiment, specifically the dependent variable, normally without the knowledge of…
EXTRINSIC INTEREST
describes the participation or otherwise engagement in a task, by an individual, with which the driving force behind is the…
EYE-MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION THERAPY
was first developed by U.S. psychologist Francine Shapiro, in the 1980s, which aimed to reduce the emotional impact and trauma…
EXTRAPAIR MATING
is typically observed in the animal kingdom, where normally socially monogamous species, such as birds, pair with another of their…
EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
is the binary opposite to intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation explains the drive for an individual to participate within a specific…
EYE-ROLL SIGN
is often used to indicate an individual's susceptibility to hypnosis. Patients roll their eyes upwards and the greater the sclera…
EARLY INTERVENTION
The services provided on behalf of children who may be at risk of a developmental, behavioural or other condition from…
ECHO DES PENSEES
The auditory hallucination where a person hears his own thoughts repeated in spoken form. Also called thought echoing- echoencephalography.
ECOSYSTEMIC APPROACH
The approach to therapy emphasising the interaction between a person or family and the larger social context such a sschoolls,…
EDUCATIONAL QUOTIENT (EQ)
The ratio of educational age to chronological age as a percetage.