Glossary E

Evolutionary ecology refers to approach to understanding crime that draws attention to the ways people develop over the course of their lives.

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Evolutionary explanations means understanding in terms of the evolutionary history of a species

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Evolutionary psychology refers to the study of the evolution of behavior using principles of natural selection.

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Evolutionary theory is a theory that incorporates both evolution and sociology and looks for trends in behaviors. Evolutionary theory also refers to the theory of sexuality asserting that the sex drive has been shaped by natural selection and that its forms thus tend to be innate.

- Ewald Hering (1834-1918) : Ewald Hering offered a nativistic explanation of Space perception and a Theory of color vision based on the existence of three color receptors, each capable of a catabolic process and an anabolic process. Hering's theory of color vision could explain a number of color experiences that Helmholtz's theory could not.

Ex Parte Order refers to a court order permitting electronic interception of communications

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Ex post facto design is defined as a scientific study in which the values of the independent variable are not manipulated, but selected by the experimenter after the groups have naturally divided themselves.

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Ex-post facto refer to laws that apply retroactively, that is, to punish actions conducted before they were pronounced illegal.

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