EMPIRICAL-CRITERION KEYING
Method to select questions for personality inventories where the items are chosen and weighted according to social criterion.
ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSION
Depression occuring in the absence of a psychological stressor where a biological or genetic cause is implied. Compare reactive depression.
ENVIRONMENTAL COGNITION
Processing information in real world settings with regard to memory for geographic location and finding your way. See cognitive map-…
EXPERIMENTER EXPECTANCY EFFECT
Where the experimenter expects certain results and causes errors in research.
LEADERSHIP
Is the process whereby one member of a group takes executive control over a groups function and aims. The leader…
LENIENCY ERROR
A systematic error where pieces of data are consistently overly positive. This is usually due to the researchers tendency to…
LIFE-CHANGE UNIT (LCU)
a unit of measurement which is found on the life-events rating scale. The life-events rating scale assigns values to potential…
LITIGIOUS PARANOIA
a strand of paranoia in which individuals quarrel consistently, claim persecution (which is usually untrue) and insist that their 'rights'…
LOGISTIC FUNCTION
used in looking at the growth rates and longitudinal quantitative data. A typical basic expressed function y = r/( 1…
MACROERGONOMICS
an analytical approach in ergonomics which takes into consideration a wide range of factors from the physical evidence to environmental…
MANUAL ARTS THERAPY
is the use of manual arts such as woodworking and metalworking as rehabilitative activities.
MASTERY PLAY
is the purposeful play or enjoyment of an activity which facilitates the procurement of mastery of a specific subject.
MAZE-BRIGHT AND MAZE-DULL RATS
was an experiment conducted on rats at a research facility in America. They were selected based on their performance on…