Glossary E

Evaluation research is defined as a research undertaken for the purpose of determining the impact of some social intervention, such as a program aimed at solving a social problem.

Evaluative conditioning is defined as a process by which objects come to evoke positive or negative affect simply by their association with affect-inducing events

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Evaluative statement is defined as a statement in interviewing that judges or evaluates.

Evaporation is defined as the change of water from a liquid form to a vapor form which results in the removal of heat. Evaporation is one way our bodies maintain a normal temperature, in which perspiration reduces excess heat.

Deutsch: Ereignis / Español: Evento / Português: Evento / Français: Événement / Italiano: Evento /

In psychology, an event refers to any occurrence or experience that an individual may have. Events can be both internal (e.g., thoughts, emotions, memories) and external (e.g., interactions with others, events in the environment).

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Event memory refers to a long-term memory for events; memory for everyday events, a form of Episodic memory.

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Event recording means recording of clients responses by the therapists when he /she see an instance of the behavior. Therapists use this method when the instances of the behavior are regular or uniform.

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- Event-related Brain Potentials (ERPs) : Event-related Brain Potentials (ERPs ) is defined as a measure of brain activity. Electrodes placed on the scalp record voltage fluctuations in the brain as the individual perceives or responds to presented stimuli. These voltage fluctuations are electrical potentials associated with the experimentercontrolled events, and the location of the potentials is taken as evidence of where in the brain the processing of that event occurred.