Glossary E
Glossary E
Evolutionary psychology refers to the study of the evolution of behavior using principles of natural selection.
- 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
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.
Ex-post facto refer to laws that apply retroactively, that is, to punish actions conducted before they were pronounced illegal.
Exaggerated grief reactions refer to one of the four (4) types of Complicated grief reactions identified by Worden (2002) which are excessive and disabling in ways that may lead to the development of a phobia or irrational fear, tophysical or psychiatric sypmtoms, or to aberrant or maladaptive behavior.