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EXPERIMENTAL METHOD

The system of scientific investigation used to test a hypothesis.

EXPERIMENTER EXPECTANCY EFFECT

Where the experimenter expects certain results and causes errors in research.

EXPLICIT ATTITUDE

An attitude that is a person is aware of. Compare implicit attitude.

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.

ECLIMA

An increased apetite or an insatiable hunger that may be associated with bulimia nervosa.

ECOSYSTEMIC APPROACH

The approach to therapy emphasising the interaction between a person or family and the larger social context such a sschoolls,

EDROPHONIUM

An antiocholinesterase drug with a rapid onset and short duration of action.

EDUCATIONAL QUOTIENT (EQ)

The ratio of educational age to chronological age as a percetage.