EXCITATORY CONDITIONING
Pavlovian conditioning. Conditioning where a conditioned stimulus acts as a signal that an unconditioned stimulus will follow.
EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION
An impairment in our ability to think in the abstract and to plan, initiate, monitor and to stop complx behaviour.…
EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH
A search where every possible item is looked after while trying to find something.
EXISTENTIALISM
A philosophical and literary movement coming out of europe between the World Wars and was dominant through the 1940's and…
EXPERIENCE-EXPECTANT PROCESS
The process that forms synapses when an organism has a species tytpical experience. Also called experience expectant synaptogenesis.
EXPERIMENTAL NEUROSIS
The disordered emotional or behavioural state and high anxiety levels seen in animals in experiments.
EXPERIMENTER INTERPRETER EFFECT
The error resulting from the bias of the researcher interpreting the results.
EXPLICIT ATTITUDE MEASURE
An attitude measure where a person is aware of having their atitude towards an object assessed. Compare implicit attitude measure-…
EXPRESSED EMOTION (EE)
Negative emotions that are expressed by family members to the person with a mental or emotional disorder.
EXTERNALIZERS
A person who believes their behaviour and reactions are determined by external events beyond their control.
EARLY TRANSIENT INCAPACITATION (ET1)
Any incapacitation that occurs as a result of exposure to radiation.
EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED (EMR)
Was once used to describe a person with a mild or moderate to high mental retardation who could learn to…
EDUCATIONAL SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST
The person trained in human movement as it relates to sport and non clinical psychology.
EFFERENT NERVE FIBER
A nerve carrying impulses to the periphery. Compare afferent nerve fibre.
EGO ANXIETY
Anxiety caused by conflicting demands of the ego and id. Compare id anxiety. See signal anxiety.