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EMPLOYEE EVALUATION

Judging an employees overall job performance.

ENACTIVE MODE

The way a child comes to know his environment through physical interaction.

ENCODING STRATEGY

The mental or behavioural strategy we use to make sure we remember things.

ENDOMETRIUM

The layer of cells that line the uterus varying in thickness during the menstrual cycle.

ENDOPHENOTYPE

Biological markers easier to detect than genetic sequences that may be useful in researching the vulnerability to a range of

ENERGIZATION THEORY

The perception of a goal's value corresponds to the level of energy expended.

ENRICHED ENVIRONMENT

An environment offering many opportunities for activity with lots of sensory and intellectual stimulation. See enrichment.

ENTROPY

1. Quality of thermodynamics that measures the energy of a closed system. 2. Statistics. Measure of the disorder of a

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM

Philosophical idea where individual differences are put down to emvironmental factors, that is nurture opposed to nature. Compare biological determinism-

ENVIRONMENTALISM

1. A concept thet learning and environment are the main behaviour determinents. 2. Policy emphasising the relationships between people and

EPIDEMIC HYSTERIA

An outdated term for an outbreak of seemingly uncontrolled emotion such as laughing, fear, panic or violence in a large

EPILEPTOID

A thing resembling epilepsy or with sudden spasms. Also called epileptiform.