Glossary E

Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring refers to the continuous monitoring of fetal heart rate using an electronic amplification device.

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Electronic performance monitoring (EPM) refers to the use of information technologies, such as computer networks, to track, analyze, and report information about workers’ performance.

Electronic text files refer to electronic files of books that allow the student to use computer software to read the text aloud. They are created by publishers or via scanning the pages of a book into a computer and generating a text file. These files are usually Microsoft word format, rich text format (rtf), or PDF (portable document file) format.

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Electronically mediated communication refers to interpersonal communication that takes place via technology.

Electrooculogram (EOG) is defined as a measurement of eye movement. This data is collected through sensors.

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Deutsch: Element / Español: Elemento / Português: Elemento / Français: Élément / Italiano: Elemento /

Element is defined as a single chemical substance composed of only one type of atom, examples are calcium or potassium. It is also defined as the unit of which a population is comprised and which is selected in a sample. Distinguished from units of analysis, which are used in data analysis. Summarized: An Element is defined as a material that cannot be broken down into other materials.

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- Elementary cognitive tasks: - Elementary cognitive tasks (ECTs) : Elementary cognitive tasks (ECTs) refer to simple laboratory tests designed to measure participants' response times as they make presumably simple decisions ; the low-level, or basic, processes measured by ECTs are presumed to be closely related to physiological functioning and thus primarily under the influence of endogenous and inherited factors.

Deutsch: Elementismus / Español: Elementismo / Português: Elementismo / Français: Elementisme / Italiano: Elementismo /

Elementism is defined as the belief that complex processes can be understood by studying the elements of which they consist. It is the belief that complex mental or behavioral processes are composed of or derived from simple elements and that the best way to understand these processes is first to find the elements of which they are composed.

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