EXCITATORY CONDITIONING
Pavlovian conditioning. Conditioning where a conditioned stimulus acts as a signal that an unconditioned stimulus will follow.
EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION
An impairment in our ability to think in the abstract and to plan, initiate, monitor and to stop complx behaviour.…
EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH
A search where every possible item is looked after while trying to find something.
EXISTENTIALISM
A philosophical and literary movement coming out of europe between the World Wars and was dominant through the 1940's and…
EXPERIENCE-EXPECTANT PROCESS
The process that forms synapses when an organism has a species tytpical experience. Also called experience expectant synaptogenesis.
EXPERIMENTAL NEUROSIS
The disordered emotional or behavioural state and high anxiety levels seen in animals in experiments.
EXPERIMENTER INTERPRETER EFFECT
The error resulting from the bias of the researcher interpreting the results.
EXPLICIT ATTITUDE MEASURE
An attitude measure where a person is aware of having their atitude towards an object assessed. Compare implicit attitude measure-…
EXPRESSED EMOTION (EE)
Negative emotions that are expressed by family members to the person with a mental or emotional disorder.
EXTERNALIZERS
A person who believes their behaviour and reactions are determined by external events beyond their control.