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ERROR OF ANTICIPATION

In methods of limits. The error where the participant wrongly changes her response of target present to target absent based

ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM

False solution to a person's problem of loneliness and isolation where they seek refuge in social conformity. See identity need.

EST (EST)

An abbreviation for Erhard seminar training.

ESTRONE

Estrogen producedby the ovarian follicles and other tissues used to treat menopause and other estrogen deficiency disorders.

ETHNIC

Refers to a group of people with a shared cultural ans social background.

ETHOLOGY

Comparative study of the behaviour of animals in natural habitats and captivity.

EUPHORIANT

An event inducing a state of euphoria.

EVALUATION OF TRAINING

Reviewing personnel training programs to gauge their effectiveness. Also called training evaluation.

EVERYDAY RACISM

Giving differential treatment to people based on racial groups occuring in common situations.

EX POST FACTO RESEARCH

The research that uses data already collected.

EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL (EPSP)

A depolarising potential in a post synaptic neuron caused by exciatory presynaptic impulses. Compare inhibitory post synaptic potential.

EXECUTIVE ORGAN

The body part playing a major role in response to a stimulus.

EXISTENCE, RELATEDNESS, AND GROWTH THEORY (ERG THEORY)

Variation of Maslow's motivational hierarchy that is applied in industrial and organisational psychology.

EXOCRINE GLAND

A gland secreting a product through a duct. Compare endocrine gland.

EX-PATIENT CLUB

Psychiatry. Where an group is organised for ongoing care by former mental patients as part of an aftrcare program. See

EXPERIENTIAL HISTORY

The whole background a person has from birth to death.

EXPERIMENTAL REALISM

The extent that an experimental situation is realistic. See mundane realism.

EXPERIMENTER PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECT

The unintended effect on a person's rsponses associated with individual differences of psychological and social characteristics of the experimenters.

EXPLICIT PROCESS

1. Cognitive effect that can be accurately derived. 2. Occasional synonym for conscious process. Compare implicit process.

EXPRESSIVE APHASIA

Aphasia that leaves a person unable to speak, write and gesture properly. Also called cortical motor aphasia- expressive asphasia- speech