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Egocentrism According to Jean Piaget and his theory of cognitive development, egocentrism is an inability on the part of a child in …

Ego Strength We all have an ego. And your ego has the ability to deal with reality and stress differently than my …

Ego According to Freud, the ego is the part of the personality that helps us deal with reality by mediating between the …

Effortful Processing Effortful processing is just as the name implies; learning or storing (encoding) that requires attention and effort. We have the …

Effect Size This is a statistical term that refers to the size of a relationship between two variables. Sometimes effect size is …

Edward Tolman Edward Tolman (1886 – 1959) was a Cognitive Behaviorist who believed that animals had the ability to learn things that …

Edward Thorndike Edward Thorndike (1874 – 1949) is known for his work on Learning Theory. He studied how cats learned to escape …

Ecological Validity Ecological Validity is the degree to which the behaviors observed and recorded in a study reflect the behaviors that actually …

Echoic Memory Humans remember sounds and words in slightly different ways. Memory for sound is referred to as echoic memories, which can …

Dysthymia Dysthymia is a chronic type of depression that occurs on most days and lasts for a period of 2 or more …