Neurology

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ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD THEORY

The theory that humans have a limited ability to handle environmental stimuli.

ERGOT DERIVATIVES

A group of adrenoreceptor blocking agents derived from ergot alkaloids.

ETHNOCENTRISM

A tendency to malign and reject another ethnic group while glorifying your own. See ingroup bias- racism.

EXCITATORY CONDITIONING

Pavlovian conditioning. Conditioning where a conditioned stimulus acts as a signal that an unconditioned stimulus will follow.

EXORCISM

The practice of expelling evil spirits from a person. See inhabitance.

EXPLANATION

The account to provide meaning for an event or phenomenom. See scientific explanation.

LEADERSHIP THEORIES

Theories which attempt to apply rules and ideals to explain the behaviours of leaders oaf group. Primary theory groups include

LESBIAN FEMINISM

a theology which focuses on the right of women to have the right to control and then identify as the

LIFESTYLE

the way in which a group or individual prefers to live which then becomes characteristic of that group or person.

LOBOTOMY

a generic term to describe an incision into a lobe in the brain.

LONELINESS

a sometimes long lasting feeling of having no alternative to turn to in times of distress and depression. Generally classed

MAINSTREAMING

the theory that by placing children with either (sometimes both) physical and cognitive conditions which impair their ability to learn

MARIANISMO

Is an historic view of females and the 'perfect' females characteristics including- submissiveness, selflessness, chastity, hyper femininity and the complete

MATCHING HYPOTHESIS

is a psychological theory which implies relationships are formed between two people who equal or are very similar in terms

MEASUREMENT ERROR

is any difference between the observed value and the real or true value which leads to the skewing of results

MEMORY ILLUSION

defines the process where a memory or event becomes distorted and the person will then remember something that never actually

MENTAL HEALTH

is defined by the World Health Organisation as: A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely

MESOSYSTEM

was first proposed by U.S. psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917 - 2005) who implies that groups, clubs and institutions outside of

METHODOLOGICAL OBJECTIVISM VERSUS METHOD

first proposed by U.S. psychologist Robert I. Watson (1909 - 1980) is a prescriptive dimension which can be used to

MIND READING

is a form of psychic power, or extrasensory ability which allows one individual to read the thought processes in the