E

n23

EFFECT-SIZE CORRELATION

Correlation between scores on the dependent variable and the contrast weights without removing sources of variation in data.

EFFORTFULNESS

The sense of effortused to complete a task.

EGO INVOLVEMENT

The extent to whcich we see an attitude object as being important or significant. Also called attitudinal involvement- personal involvement-

EGO-COPING SKILLS

Techniques we develop to deal with personal problems and stresses.

EIGENVECTOR

Linear algebra. Any vestor in a dimensional space associated with a transformation.

ELDER ABUSE

Any harm causd to an older person by another person.

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG EKG)

The wave ike tracing represnting the impulses of the conduction system of the heart muscle.

ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD

An electronic representation of a bulletin board seen on a computer network.

ELEGANT SOLUTION

The solution to a problem with the minumum effort tp produce the best result. See Occam's razor.

ELITE ATHLETE

An athlete competing at national, international and professional levels.

EMBLEM

A gesture we use in place of words such as nodding for yes. See non-verbal lanhuage.

EMERGENT EVOLUTION

Theory that new phenomena eveolve from the interaction of ancestral events but can't be reduced to them.

EMOTIONAL CONFLICT

The state of disharmony between incompatible intense emotions such as love and desire.

EMOTIONAL INCEST

Form of non physical sexual abuse by a parent to a child.

EMOTIONALITY

The degree we experience and express emotions.

EMPIRICAL TEST

Testing a hypothesis with experiments.

EMPTY NEST

The family home after the cjildren have grown up and moved away.

ENCEPHALE ISOLE

An animal where the brainstem has been cut where it meets the spinal cord.

END BRUSH

Finely branched terminal of an axon. Also called telodendron.

ENDOGENOUS

Originating within the body rssulting fromnormal proceses. Compare exogenous.