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ECT-INDUCED AMNESIA

Amnesia brought on by ECT. Memory can be severly compromised.

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LEVEL

1. Status of learning gained by a student. 2. The set of standards a student must acquire to pass to

EDWARDS PERSONAL PREFERENCE SCHEDULE (EPPS)

An inventory for college students where the manifest needs are assessed on a forced-choice basis.

EFFICACY

1.The competence of behavioural performance with reference to a person's perception of performance capabilities. 2. Pharmacology. Dealing with dose relationship.

EGO DEFECT

Absence of limitation of an ego function.

EGO STRUCTURE

The organisation of our ego.

EGOMANIA

The extreme and pathological preoccupation with yourself with an eaggerated sense of your abilities. See egopathy. Compare egocentrism.

EKBOM'S SYNDROME

The sense of uneasiness and twitching or restlessness in a leg when at rest. Alos called restless leg syndrome.

ELECTRA COMPLEX

The female version of Oedipus complex where a duaghter loves her father, is jealous of the mother.

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS

1. Use of electrical techniques such as electroencephalography. 2. Appliying electrical currents to nerves and muscles for diagnosis.

ELECTRORETINOGRAM (ERG)

Recording of the electrical activity of the retina during stimulation.

ELEVATION

Level or trend of a person's test profile.

EMANCIPATORY STRIVING

The effort used to escape from the domination of parents and is seen during adolescence.

EMBRYONIC STEM CELL

A cell made in the embryo during the blastocyst stage that can develop into any type of tissue cell.

EMMERT'S LAW

The principle that the size of an after image or eidetic image increases with the distance between the image and

EMOTIONAL DISPOSITION

The tendency to have a particular type of experience.

EMOTIONAL REGULATION

The ability we have to modulate emotions.

EMPATHY-ALTRUISM HELPING

Theory explaining altruistic behaviour.

EMPLOYEE COMPARISON TECHNIQUE

Evaluating employees using comparison to other employees.

ENACTION

The process of putting something in to action.