EXTENSION REFLEX
The reflex action that extends a limb away from the body. Compare flexion reflex.
EXTERNAL VALIDITY
The extent that research can be generalized beyond the results to other situations or people.
EARLY AND PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT (EPSDT)
Screening for early signs of disorders and disease carried out at speific intervals.
EBBINGHAUS'S CURVE OF RETENTION
The graphic depiction of forgetting over time after learning.
ECONOMY OF EFFORT
The tendency to act efficiently and to m inimise energy expenditure. See elegant solution- Occam's razor.
EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT
Matching students to the appropriate educational program or environment.
EFFORTFUL PROCESSING
Mental activity needing deliberation and control that involves the sense of effort. Compare automaticity. See mental effort. What is effortful processing in psychology? According…
EGO INTEGRATION
The process of organising the aspects of personality such as drives, attitudes and aims into a balanced whole.
EGOCENTRISM
The tendency to emphasise your own needs and focuses in a group situation you belong to.
EIGENVALUE
Linear algebra. The degree of shrinking or stretching that an eigenvector of A undergoes as aresult of transformation. Also called…
ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE
A type of synapse where the post and presynaptic membranes are joined instead of being separated.
ELECTRONIC BRAINSTORMING
The online discussions used to generate ideas and to solve problems.
EMBEDDEDNESS OF AN ATTITUDE
The extent where an attitude is linked to other cognitive structures in memory. See attitude system- belief system- interattitudinal consistency.
EMERGENCY THEORY OF EMOTIONS
The theory that allows us to fight or flight during an emergency. Also called emergency theory.