EXCITEMENT
An emotional state of enthusiasm, eagerness and anticipation. Compare excitation.
EXEMPLIFICATION
The strategy a person uses to make other people regard them as highly moral and virtuous.
EXISTENTIAL INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence used to understand the larger fundamental questions of existence.
EXOGENOUS CUE
A cue in our peripheral field of vision that draws our attention. A cue while the target is present. Compare endogenous…
EXPECTANCY EFFECT
The effect of a person's expectations about another person's behaviour on the behaviour of the person. See experimenter expectancy effect.
EXPERIENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
A large group of therapies from the 1950's and 60's in existential humanistic psychology.
EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT
1. Research. The conditions applied to some groups that may cause change in outcomes. 2. A treatment showing promise but…
EXPERT SYSTEM
A program using explicit representation of human knowledge. Also called knowledge based system.
EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS
Data analysis that will generate new research. Compare confirmatory data analysis.
EXPRESSIVE THERAPY
1. Psychotherapy. Where a client talks through problems and feelings without restraint. Compare suppressive therapy. 2. Any therapy not using…
EXTERNAL CONTROL
The belief that one's experience and behaviour are determined by luck, circumstances, other people and external factors. Compare internal control.
ECHOPHRASIA ECHO-SPEECH ECHOLOCATION
Being able to judge the direction of distance of objects by the reflected echoes made by acoustic signals such as…
ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY
An evolving body of theory and research about the processes and conditions governing the course of human development
EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSIS
Process of examining a learning problem involving perceptual, cognitive, emotional and other factors.
EFFECT SIZE
The size of an effect in a study. See combing effect sizes- statistical significance.