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Empiricism The Philosophical school of thought that real knowledge comes from the senses. This formed the basis for the foundation of modern…

Empath Empathy is an ability to understand and feel what another person is feeling, not in a physical sense, but in an…

Emotion Most people have little problem recognizing and identifying when we are having an emotion. However, emotion is one of the most…

Embryo In human development, we call an organism in the early, prenatal stage from about 2 weeks to 2 months after fertilization…

Elizabeth Loftus Elizabeth Loftus is an expert on Human Memory, and is well-known for her work on the Misinformation Effect and False…

Electroencephalogram (EEG) An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a recording of the electrical waves of activity that occur in the brain, and across its…

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) ECT (also known as shock therapy) is a type of biomedical therapy in which a brief electric current is…

Electra Complex The Electra Complex, named by Carl Jung for the Greek myth of Electra, is an extension of Sigmund Freudʼs Oedipus…

Elaborative Rehearsal Elaborative rehearsal is a memory technique that involves thinking about the meaning of the term to be remembered, as opposed…

Eidetic Imagery This is the ability to retain images in memory that are almost perfect photographic quality. The memories have great detail…