Neurology

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ELECTROTONIC CONDUCTION

The passive and decrease of a chage along a nerve or muscle pathway.

EMOTIONAL CONTENT

Themes of feelings that tend to elicit strong emotions

EMPIRICAL-RATIONAL STRATEGY

Social psychology. The idea that societal and insitutional change can be brought about if the public receives enough information.

ENDOPHENOTYPE

Biological markers easier to detect than genetic sequences that may be useful in researching the vulnerability to a range of

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

MAIN EFFECT

is the consistent effect of a single factor over other factors in the same experiment.

MARGINAL INTELLIGENCE

An intelligence level which typically sits between normal and mentally deficient.

MATCHING

is an experimental technique which aims to match two participants for use in a psychological experiment by achieving characteristics in

MEANS-ENDS ANALYSIS

is a method used in artificial intelligence which involves setting up smaller sub-goals which complement the end aim or goal

MEMORY HARDENING

is the process of concreting certain memories even when they are incorrect, to ensure the individual believes them as accurate