Glossary E

Glossary E

Eustressor refers to a positive event, such as marriage, holidays or vacations, that is stressful.

Euthanasia refers to an act or practice of causing death painlessly in order to end suffering: advocated by some as a way to deal with persons dying of incurable, painful diseases.

Euthymic is a a description of mood characterized as normal without depression or expansiveness.

Evacuation in psychology refers to the process of removing individuals from a potentially dangerous or distressing situation to ensure their safety and well-being. It involves the organized and systematic relocation of people from one location to another in response to various emergencies or threats. Evacuation is a crucial aspect of disaster management and can have profound psychological effects on those involved.

Evaluation is defined as the process of judging the quality or value of a performance or a course of action.

Deutsch: Bewertungsangst / Español: Temor a la Evaluación / Português: Medo de Avaliação / Français: Appréhension de l'évaluation / Italiano: Timore della Valutazione /

Evaluation apprehension refers to the experience of being anxious about being negatively evaluated or not positively evaluated.

Evaluation apprehension theory refers to an analysis of performance gains in groups arguing that individuals working in the presence of others experience a general concern for how these others are evaluating them, and that this apprehension facilitates their performance on simple, well-learned tasks.

Evaluation research is defined as a research undertaken for the purpose of determining the impact of some social intervention, such as a program aimed at solving a social problem.