Neurology

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DOMAIN

1. Class of entities constituting a subject matter of science. 2. Field of mastery. 3. Biological taxonomy. Highest level of

DREAM-WORK

Psychoanalytic theory. Transforming the latent content of a dream into a manifest content.

DYADIC RELATIONSHIP

1. A committed 2 person relationship. 2. Relationship between therapist and client.

ECHO PHENOMENON

Exhibiting echolalia or echopraxia or a combination of them.

EFFECT SIZE

The size of an effect in a study. See combing effect sizes- statistical significance.

EGOCENTRIC PREDICAMENT

The problem arising from that each person's experience is essentially private. See solipsism.

ELOPEMENT

1. Sdecretly leaving home to marry. 2. A patient leaving a mental hospital without permission. 3. Slang term for an

EMOTIONAL HANDICAP

Learning or behavioural disorder with fears and anxieties preventing a child from functioning socially or academically.

EMULATION

Ability to comprehend the goal of a model and engage in similar behaviour to acheive the goal.

ENDOSOMATIC CURRENT

The electric current that a living organism produces.

EPIGENESIS

1. 1. Theory that the features of an organism arise from interaction between genetic and environmental influences. See nature-nurture controversy.

ERROR OF COMMISSION

A type of human error where the person say presses a buton twice instead of once and an error occurs.

ETYMOLOGY

Study of origins of words.

EXECUTIVE STRESS

Stress experienced by management personnel. See burnout- occupational stress- stress.

EXPERIENCE

1. The conscious event. 2. Present content of consciousness. 3. An event resulting in earning.

EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS

A set of data analytical techniques alledgely revealing the structure underlying the coefficients. There is no unique solution.

LEARNING SET

a form of learning discriminatory ideals where the learner is taught for example that one object contains a food reward

LEVINSON'S ADULT DEVELOPMENT THEORY

a model which maps the basis of human development where adulthood is split into the following categories- early, middle and

LIMBIC SYSTEM

a group of nuclei found within the brain of humans which is involved in the process of the autonomic nervous

LOCATION CONSTANCY

the tendency for, even after the observer has moved position relative to the object, the object seems to be in