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ENERGIZATION THEORY

The perception of a goal's value corresponds to the level of energy expended.

ENRICHED ENVIRONMENT

An environment offering many opportunities for activity with lots of sensory and intellectual stimulation. See enrichment.

ENTROPY

1. Quality of thermodynamics that measures the energy of a closed system. 2. Statistics. Measure of the disorder of a

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM

Philosophical idea where individual differences are put down to emvironmental factors, that is nurture opposed to nature. Compare biological determinism-

ENVIRONMENTALISM

1. A concept thet learning and environment are the main behaviour determinents. 2. Policy emphasising the relationships between people and

EPIDEMIC HYSTERIA

An outdated term for an outbreak of seemingly uncontrolled emotion such as laughing, fear, panic or violence in a large

EPILEPTOID

A thing resembling epilepsy or with sudden spasms. Also called epileptiform.

EPISTEMOPHILIA

The love of knowledge. See curiosity.

EQUILIBRIUM POTENTIAL

The state with the tendency of ions to flow across membranes from high concentrations is balanced by the opposing potential

ERG THEORY

Abbreviation for existence relatedness theory.

ERHARD SEMINAR TRAINING (EST EST)

ontroversial group therapy technique that is supposed to be expand consciousness with motivation techniques and theories of psychology.

EROTICA

Any sort of material that will aouse sexual response.

ERROR OF REFRACTION

An eye defect where the light is not refracted to the retina properly and visual acuity is reduced.

ESOPHORIA

Inward deviation of one eye that interferes with binocular vision.

ESTES-SKINNER PROCEDURE

Pavlovian conditioning trials are superimposed on baseline operant responding. See conditioned suppression,

ETHER

Drug used as an anaesthetic in the 1800's. It was very dangerous.

ETHNOCENTRISM

A tendency to malign and reject another ethnic group while glorifying your own. See ingroup bias- racism.

EUDEMONIA (EUDAEMONIA)

The happiness needed for moral and motivation for human action.

EUSOCIALITY

A social structure among animals with a marked division of labour.

EVALUATOR

The person who evaluates and provides advice about something.