EFFERENT PATHWAY
Neural pathway carrying impulses away from a region toward an effector. Compare afferent pathway.
EGO STRENGTH
Psychoanalytical theory.The ability of the ego to maintainthe effective balance between inner id impulses and outer reality.
EGOISTIC HELPING
A type of helping behaviour where the goal of the helper is to increase positive feelings or to recieve some…
EJACULATION
Tje automatic expulsion of semen from the penis. See orgasm- premature ejaculation- retrograde ejaculation.
ELECTRODE PLACEMENT
How an electrode is positioned on the scalp to record changes in activity.
EMBRYO TRANSFER
Transferring an embryo from one woman to another or back into the same woman after fertilisation.
EMETIC THERAPY
Drugs that produce aversive states when combined with problem behaviours and stimuli. See aversion therapy.
EMOTIONAL DETERIORATION
Emotional state of carelessness towards ourselves and othwr people.
EMOTIVE TECHNIQUE
Any therapeutic technique designed to encourage people to express thoughts and feelings in an animated manner to make them more…
EMPIRICISM
Approach to epistemology holding that all knowledge of matters of fact comes from experience or needs experience for validation.