ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG)
The study of brain waves using an instrument that amplifies and records them.
EMMERT'S LAW
The principle that the size of an after image or eidetic image increases with the distance between the image and…
EMPIRICAL-CRITERION KEYING
Method to select questions for personality inventories where the items are chosen and weighted according to social criterion.
ENDOGENOUS OSCILLATOR
A neural circuit generating regular and repeated sequences of neural activity. See circadian oscillator.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM
Philosophical idea where individual differences are put down to emvironmental factors, that is nurture opposed to nature. Compare biological determinism-…
EQUITY THEORY
A theory of justice dealing with the fair return from activities we do. Output is related to the input into…
EXACT REPLICATION
Repeating an experiment where the goal is to have the conditions as close to the original conditions as possible.
EXOGENOUS CUE
A cue in our peripheral field of vision that draws our attention. A cue while the target is present. Compare endogenous…
EXPERT POWER
The capacity to influence others deriving from the assumption that the influencer has superior skills. See power.
LEADERSHIP EMERGENCE
The process during which a leader is recognized by their peers as the leader of a firmly leaderless group. See…
LENS MODEL
A model to explain how organisms perceive the environments they live in. Instead of perceiving the environment objectively, they use…
LIFE-SPAN CONTEXTUALISM
a proposed theory which speculates human beings are a product of their own decision - we are therefore both the…
LIVING WILL
a letter or document which lists or explains the wishes of a person (whilst still competent) in the event of…
MAGAZINE TRAINING
is the training required for the animal in an experiment to become familiar with the mechanism which delivers the reinforcer…
MANUAL METHOD, MANUALIZED THERAPY
is a method used during experiments which maintains rigid conditions and settings in the study to ensure consistency across the…
MASTERY TESTS
is a test which aims to evaluate the process of learning in a specific field of expertise.
MEMORY DISTORTION
is the inaccurate and usually wrong recall of incorrect facts in relation with a specific stimulus.