Glossary E

Elderly abuse refers to neglect and/or physical and emotional abuse of dependent elderly persons.

Eleanor Emmons Maccoby a Doctor in Psychology who greatly contributed to the study of socialization of young children and their behavior

Elective selection refers to one of the two (2) main reasons for selection that occurs when one chooses to reduce one's involvement to fewer domains as a result of new demands or tasks, such as when a college student drops out of some organizations because of the amount of work required in the courses she is taking that term. Selection can involve the continuation of previous goals on a lesser scale or the substitution of new goals, and it may be either proactive or ractive,

Electra complex In Freudian thinking, a girl's attachment to her father; named after the mythical Electra who killed her mother and mother's lover in order to avenge her father's death.

Electrical gradient refers to the difference in positive and negative charges across a membrane

- Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) : Electrical Stimulation of the Brain is defined as the electrical stimulation and activation of brain tissue. Electrical Stimulation of the Brain is also known as ESB.
Electrocardiogram (ECG) is defined as a recording of the electrical changes that occur in the myocardium during the cardiac cycle.
Electroconvulsive shock (ECS) is defined as an electric current passed directly through the brain, producing a convulsion.