ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE CORTEX
Using electrodes implanted in brain cells to produce a desired effect.
ELECTRONARCOSIS
A type of electrotherapy with alarge amount of electric shock is used to generate athe tonic phase of a seizure…
ELECTROTONIC CONDUCTION
The passive and decrease of a chage along a nerve or muscle pathway.
ELIMINATIVISM
A view that mental states are not a necessary scientific account of human behaviour.
EMBEDDED SENTENCE
Transformational generative grammar, it is a subordinate clause in a complex sentence.
EMOTIONAL HANDICAP
Learning or behavioural disorder with fears and anxieties preventing a child from functioning socially or academically.
EMPIRICAL PSYCHOLOGY
The approach to study and explanation of psychological phenomena emphasising objective observaton and experimental methods. See experimental psychology. Introduction The…
EMPLOYMENT TEST
A test to assess knowledge, skills and abilities to predict job performance.
ENCAPSULATED END ORGAN
The termination part of a sensory nerve fibre locate din peripheral tissue such as the skin.
ENCOUNTER MOVEMENT
Trend towards forming small groups where different techniques are used to stimulate awareness, personal growth and interactions.
ENDOCRINOLOGY
The study of the morphology, physiology, biochemisrty and pathology of the endocrine glands.
ENDORADIOSONDE
A miniature device with a radio transmitter implanted or ingested in a n animal to study internal reactions and beahviours.
ENGINEERING ANTHROPOMETRY
Ways of measuring static and dynamic features of the human body. See anthropometry- human engineering- human factors engineering.
ENTEROGASTRONE
Hormone secreted by the small intestine that inhibits gastric juioce secretion by the stomach.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
The fair and impartial treatment of hazards so no group is exposed more than another.