OBSESSIVE PERSONALITY
an obsolete DSM-I personality trait disruption marked by extreme orderliness, indecisiveness, perfectionism, never-ending anxiety over troubles, and the placing of…
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)
an anxiety disorder marked by repetitive obsessions, compulsions, or both which are time-consuming, inflict substantial distress, or impede the person's…
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER IN DSM-IV-TR,
a personality disorder marked by a severe desire for perfection, severe orderliness, an incapacity to compromise, and an extensive sense…
OBSTRUCTION METHOD
a method for figuring out the relative strength of drives. An experimental animal is introduced with at least one objective…
OBTRUSIVE IDEA
an obsessive, undesired, and foreign concept which intrudes upon an individual
OBTRUSIVE MEASURE
a way of gathering measurements or observations wherein those partaking know that a measurement is underway.
OCCASION SETTER
with regard to Pavlovian conditioning, a stimulant which is differentially coupled with a stimulant-stimulant contingency.
OCCASIONAL CAUSE
with regard to the doctrine of occasionalism, an alteration in an organic or cognitive state which seems to cause a…
OCCASIONAL INVERSION
a type of same-gender carnal actions which might arise whenever an individual is starved of the presence of people of…
OCCASIONALISM
noun. the philosophical doctrine which postulates that occurrences aren't specifically a result of the antecedent occurrences which seem to generate…
OCCIPITAL LOBE
within each cerebral hemisphere, it is the very most posterior lobe which is correlated with the visual sense.
OCCUPATION
noun. 1. a group of tasks which comprise the performance of like tasks and have like necessities with regard to…
OCCUPATIONAL ABILITY
the capacity to perform profession-based or vocation-based jobs, typically gauged by a series of occupational tests.
OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS
the step-by-step gathering, handling, and comprehension of data with regard to particular professions.