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A Mind Odyssey

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EDWARD SYNDROME

 

 

EDWARDS AND GROSS

DESCRIBED THE ADS .

 

 

ELLIS

RATIONAL EMOTIVE THERAPY

THE THERAPISTS USES ARGUMENTS TO ATTACK THE PTS IRRATIONAL BELIEF SYSTEMS. IT ASSUMES THAT CHANGING ATTITUDE WILL CHANGE BEHAVIOUR.

 

 

EPLEY

AROUSAL REDUCTION THEORY

SEEKING THE COMPANY OF OTHERS LEADS TO AROUSAL REDUCTION

 

 

EKBOMS SYNDROME

 

 

ERIK ERIKSON

STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEV. TAILRIGE

TRUST V MISTRUST 0-1

AUTONOMY V SHAME AND DOUBT 3

INITIATIVE V GUILT 5

INDUSTRY V INFERIORITY 5-12

IDENTITY V IDENTITY CONFUSION 13

INTIMACY V ISOLATION TEENS

GENERATIVITY V STAGNATION ADULT

EGO INTEGRITY V DESPAIR ELDERLY

 

 

MILTON ERIKSON

HYPNOTHERAPY

 

 

EYSENCK

-PERSONALITY THEORY, EPQ.EXTRAVERSION INTRAVERSION NORMAL AND NEUROTISISM.

CLASSIFIED DEPRESSION DIMENSIONALLY;PSYCHOTISM TO NEUROTISM

EPQ 90 ITEMS TRUE FALSE FORMAT, SUBJECTS ARE RATED AS EXRA/INTRAVERSIONS AND NEUROTISM.

OTHER TESTS OF OBJECTIVE PERSONALITY INCLUDE;

MMPI

CALIFORNIA PSCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY

HOSTILITY AND DIRECTION OF HOSTILITY QUESTIONAIRE

 

 

Echolalia

automatic imitation of another's speech.

 

 

Ecstasy

feeling of intense rapture.

 

 

Ego

part of the mental apparatus that is present at the interface of the perceptual and internal demand systems. It controls voluntary thoughts and actions, and, at an unconscious level, defense mechanisms.

 

 

Egomania

pathological preoccupation with oneself.

 

 

Eidetic image

vivid and detailed reproduction of a previous perception e.g. a photographic memory.

 

 

Elevated mood

mood more cheerful than normal. It is not necessarily pathological.

 

 

Erotomania (de Clérambault's syndrome)

patient holds the delusional belief that someone else, usually of a higher social or professional status, is in love with them.

 

 

Euphoric mood

exaggerated feeling of well-being. It is pathological.

 

 

Expansive mood

feelings are expressed without restraint, and one's self-importance may be over-rated.

 

 

Expressive (motor) aphasia

difficulty in expressing thoughts in words whilst comprehension remains.

 

 

Extracampine hallucination

hallucination occurring outside one's sensory field.

 

From MULTIPLE sources INCLUDING lecture notes.