EXPERIMENTER EXPECTANCY EFFECT
Where the experimenter expects certain results and causes errors in research.
EXPOSURE THERAPY
Used to treat anxiety disorders by confronting the stimulus causing anxiety.
EXTENSOR MUSCLE
The muscle that when it contracts extends part of the body. Compare flexor model.
EXTERNALIZATION
1. defense mechanism where our thoughts and feelings are attributed to the external world. 2. Process of learning to distinguish…
EARLY INTERVENTION
The services provided on behalf of children who may be at risk of a developmental, behavioural or other condition from…
ECHO DES PENSEES
The auditory hallucination where a person hears his own thoughts repeated in spoken form. Also called thought echoing- echoencephalography.
ECOSYSTEMIC APPROACH
The approach to therapy emphasising the interaction between a person or family and the larger social context such a sschoolls,…
EDUCATIONAL QUOTIENT (EQ)
The ratio of educational age to chronological age as a percetage.