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EFFORT AFTER MEANING

A persistent effort to put unfamiliar ideas into more familiar terms.

EGO FUNCTIONS

Psychoanalytical theory. The variouis functions of the ego including self awareness, problem solving, controlling motor functions, memeory etc.

EGO-BOUNDARY LOSS

The condition where a person lacks a clear sense of where his own mind and body end where these features

EGOTHEISM

Identifying yourself with a deity. See Jehovah complex- Messiah complex.

ELABORATIVE REHEARSAL

An encoding strategy to facilitate information of memory linking new information to that already known. See depth of processing hypothesis-

ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN

The evoked and spontaneous changes in brain potentials see brain waves.

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

Range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation from short to radio waves.

ELECTROSTIMULATOR

An instrument delivering a controlled electrical stimulation to an area of the body.

ELIMINATION DISORDER

A disorder related to defacation and urination often seen in children.

EMBEDDED FIGURE

An ambiguous figure in an image that on further viewing takes on another not obvious image.

EMERGENCY INTERVENTION

Immediate action to minimse harm caused by a sudded unforeseen happening.

EMOTIONAL ABUSE

Form of non-physical abuse that may involve verbal abuse, demeaning actions, emotional control and witholding affection and supoort. Also called

EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION 1

1. The outward expression of an intrapsychic state. 2. Emotional response where a person attempts to influence her relation to

EMOTIONAL SECURITY

Feelings of safety, confidence and freedom from apprehension. See security operations.

EMPIRICAL LAW

Law based on facts, experimental evidence or systematic observations and gives a general relationship between variables.

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION

An employer who uses a person's race or gender or other feature to not employ them.

ENACTMENT

The acting out of an event. See psychdrama.

ENCOUNTER

A direct confrontation or emotional involvement with another or a group.

ENDOCRINE GLAND

A gland that secretes hormones into the blood stream.

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (ER)

The network of membranous tubules and sacs extending from the nucleus to the outer membrane of a typical animal or