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momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds.
echoic memory
an approach to psychotherapy that, depending on the client’s problems, uses techniques from various forms of therapy.
eclectic approach
encoding that requires attention and conscious effort.
effortful processing
the largely conscious, “executive” part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id’s desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.
ego
in Piaget’s theory the inability of the preoperational child to take another’s point of view.
egocentrism
an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain’s surface. These waves are measured by electrodes placed on the scalp.
electroencephalogram
the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month.
embryo
a response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience.
emotion
the ability to perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions.
emotional intelligence
a test (such as the MM P1) developed by testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups
empirically derived test
the processing of information into the memory system-for example, by extracting meaning
encoding
the body’s “slow” chemical communication system; a set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream.
endocrine system
natural, opiate like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure
endorphins
very nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us
environment
a condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it
equity
