DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Branch of psycholinguistics looking at language acquired by children.
DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESIS
Prediction relating to the direction of experimental scores from one group will differ to another group.
DISCUSSION METHOD
A method of teaching where teacher and students actively partake in the learning process.
DISTANCE CUE
An auditory or visual cue to determine the distance to an object. See depth cue.
DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION RELATIONSHIP
Social relationship in groups with a leader or a dominant member with priority of access to resourcesover more subordinate members.
DUAL ATTITUDES
The two attitudes held by a person about the same object that are in contradiction with each other.
DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY
1. Any system of psychology that looks at drive and motivation. 2. Theory of psychology emphasising causation and motivation relating…
EGO ANALYSIS
Techniques directed towards discovering wekanesses and strength in our ego. See ego strength- ego weakness.
EIGENVALUE
Linear algebra. The degree of shrinking or stretching that an eigenvector of A undergoes as aresult of transformation. Also called…
EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Philosophy. Knowledge gained from experience. 2. Sciences. Knowledge gained from experiment and observation. See empiricism.
ENTITY THEORY
Belief that psychological attributes are fixed and essential rather than developing gradually.
EPISODIC MEMORY
The memory for a specific and personally experinced event whose retirval relies on cues of asociation. See autobiographical memory- autonectic…
ESCAPE BEHAVIOR
A response that is designed to move away from aversive stimulus by withdrawal or entering a fantasy world. Compare avoidance…
EVALUATION RESEARCH
Applying scientific principles, methods and theories to identify, describe, measure and predict importnat factors to develop human service delivery systems.…
EXISTENTIAL JUDGMENT
Philosophy. Judgement dealing with existence, origin and the nature of things.