EDUCATIONAL PACING
1. the rate of learning. 2. Controlling and monitoring the speed a student is working at.
EGO INSTINCTS
Psychoanalytical theory. An instinct such as hunger that is directed towards self-preservation.
EGOCENTRIC SPEECH
Speech not directed at others or where there is no attempt to change thoughts or to take into account another…
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE CORTEX
Using electrodes implanted in brain cells to produce a desired effect.
ELECTRONARCOSIS
A type of electrotherapy with alarge amount of electric shock is used to generate athe tonic phase of a seizure…
ELECTROTONIC CONDUCTION
The passive and decrease of a chage along a nerve or muscle pathway.
ELIMINATIVISM
A view that mental states are not a necessary scientific account of human behaviour.
EMBEDDED SENTENCE
Transformational generative grammar, it is a subordinate clause in a complex sentence.
EMOTIONAL HANDICAP
Learning or behavioural disorder with fears and anxieties preventing a child from functioning socially or academically.
EMPIRICAL PSYCHOLOGY
The approach to study and explanation of psychological phenomena emphasising objective observaton and experimental methods. See experimental psychology. Introduction The…
EMPLOYMENT TEST
A test to assess knowledge, skills and abilities to predict job performance.