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EROTOGRAPHOMANIA

The obsession with erotic writing that is accompanied by a compulsion to write about seual matters.

ERYTHROPOIETIN

Protein produced by the kidneys and liver stimulating production of red cells in the bone marrow.

ESSENCE

Philosophy. The presumed reality at a things core that makes it what it is and not something else.

ESTIMATORS

The mental process used to judge quantity. Compare operators.

ETHICAL IMPERATIVE

By taking the ethically required stand or accepted. Defined by Immanuel Kant.

ETHNOMETHODOLOGY

Analysing the underlying conventions and systems of meaning that people use to make sense of common interactions.

EUMORPHIC

A constitutional body type featuring a normal shape and structure and equivalent to the normosplanchnic type.

EUTHYMIA

1. Mood of well being. 2. A phase in biploar disorder with neither manic nor depressive moods with a close

EVENT SAMPLING

Sampling where the frame of sampling consists of events and behaviours such as going to a party or having disorder

EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Application of Darwinian evolution of natural selection to explain contemporary human development.

EXCITATION

An activity elicited in a nerve or muscle when stimulated.

EXECUTIVE AREA

The region of the brain that does higher order brain functions.

EXERCISE THERAPY

Using exercise to treat psychological disorders by giving enjoyment to the client.

EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY

Psychotherapy that deals with the here and now rather than the past.

EXOSYSTEM

The structures of society that function independent from the individuals.

EXPECTED VALUE

The central value of a randomn variable. Also called first moment- population mean.

EXPERIMENTAL HYPOTHESIS

The premise describing what the experimenter hopes to achieve.

EXPERIMENTER DRIFT

The change in the systematic way a person conducts an experiment.

EXPLANATION

The account to provide meaning for an event or phenomenom. See scientific explanation.

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION

Function where part of the equation is a constant.