ERICHSEN'S DISEASE
Featuring back pain and spinal symptoms that are a precursor to post traumatic stress disorder. Also called railway spine.
ERROR OF REFRACTION
An eye defect where the light is not refracted to the retina properly and visual acuity is reduced.
ESTES-SKINNER PROCEDURE
Pavlovian conditioning trials are superimposed on baseline operant responding. See conditioned suppression,
ETHNOCENTRISM
A tendency to malign and reject another ethnic group while glorifying your own. See ingroup bias- racism.
EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Process of consciousness arising in the animal kingdom associated with evolution.
EXAPTATION
An evolved trait for one function is later used for another function. Also called spandrel.
EXISTENTIAL LIVING
Ability to live fully in the present and to respond to new experiences without fear.
EXPECTANCY-VALUE MODEL
Where motivation for an outcome depends on the significance of the outcome.
EXPERIMENT
The series of observations under controlled conditions used to study relationships to draw a causal inference.