EGO PSYCHOLOGY
Psychoanalysis. The approach that emphasises functions in the ego in controlling impulses and dealing with the external environment.
EGO-DYSTONIC
Psychoanalytical theory. Where we describe impulses wishes and thoughts that are repugnant to the ego and self.
EIKONOMETER
1. instrument used to determine the magnifying power of a microscope. 2. Instrument to determine the degree of aniseikonia in…
ELDER NEGLECT
The failure of the responsible care giver to provide sufficient care for an older adult. See elder abuse.
ELEMENTARISM
1. Scientific theory. Used to explain a complex thing by breaking it down to simple, elemental units. 2. Belief that…
EMBODIMENT
A claim saying that human thinking is the metaphorical extension of a body experience.
EMERGENT LEADER
The person who naturally becomes the leader of the group. See leadership emergence.
EMOTIONAL INSIGHT 1
1. Awareness of your own emotional reactions and those of others. 2. Psychotherapy. The client's awareness of emotional forces underlying…
EMOTION-FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY
Form of couples therapy based on problems in relationship are often due to thwarted fulfillment of emotional needs.
EMPIRICAL-CRITERION KEYING
Method to select questions for personality inventories where the items are chosen and weighted according to social criterion.
ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA
Epidemic form of encephalitis observe globally from 1915 to 1926. also called Economo's disease.
END OF LIFE
The period when a person is faced with death and needs to deals with decsions of care before death, funeral…
ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSION
Depression occuring in the absence of a psychological stressor where a biological or genetic cause is implied. Compare reactive depression.
ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY
A field that identifies the psychological principles governing human interaction in the environment, systems, and products and applying them to…