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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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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.

OBTURATOR

1. any object which obstructs an opening. 2. a prosthesis placed inside the mouth to seal an opening in the

OCCAM

the maxim which, given an option between two hypotheses, the one containing the lesser amount of presumptions should be favored.

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 CORTEX

the occipital lobe's cerebral cortex within the brain.

OCCIPITAL LOBE

within each cerebral hemisphere, it is the very most posterior lobe which is correlated with the visual sense.

OCCLUSION

noun. 1. a blockage or sealing. Occlusion of a cerebral artery might inflict an embolic or thrombotic stroke. 2. the

OCCULT

mysterious, impossible to understand, or private.

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 ADJUSTMENT

the level at which a person

OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS

the step-by-step gathering, handling, and comprehension of data with regard to particular professions.