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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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OPIUM

noun. the dried up resin of the poppy's unripe seed pods. Opium consists of over 20 alkaloids, the primary one

OPIUM ALKALOIDS

alkaloids stemming from opium, of which there are over twenty. The main alkaloid is morphine- others consist of codeine, thebaine,

OPPONENT CELLS

neurons within the ocular system which depolarize whenever a specific stimulant comes on in the core of the neuron

OPPONENT PROCESS THEORY OF ACQUIRED MOTIVATION

a theory wherein a stimulant or occurrence excites a primary affective state, that might be enjoyable or not enjoyable and

OPPONENT PROCESS THEORY OF EMOTION OPPONENT PROCESS THEORY OF MOTIVATION

postulated by American psychologist Richard Lester Solomon.

OPPONENTS THEORY OF COLOR VISION

any one of a category of theories depicting color vision on the premise of the behavior of mechanisms, that might

OPPORTUNE FAMILY

people thought to be to be family to an individual, although they might not be related to that individual in

OPPORTUNISM

noun. the capacity to exploit resources not accessible to other people. Species exposed to new habitats to manage pests frequently

OPPORTUNISTIC SAMPLING

the choosing of participants or other sampling factors for an experiment or questionnaire essentially because they're readily available.

OPPORTUNITY CLASS

1. an educational program which supplies special-needs pupils with excellent academic instruction in a steady, reinforcing climate with all the

OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURE

a matrix which correlates private traits to the social and cultural chances and choices which are accessible to a person

OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER

in the DSM-IV-TR, a behavioral disorder of the younger years marked by repetitive disobedient, aversive or violent actions in the

OPSIN

the protein part of visual photo pigments. The other part is a vitamin A sub-product considered to be retinal. There

OPTIC APHASIA

incapacity to identify items shown visually.

OPTIC APRAXIA

a handicap of the capacity to correlate gadgets and other items with the correlating behavior. People with it are handicapped

OPTIC ATAXIA

incapacity to direct limb motions in the conditions where paralysis is lacking, visual or visuospatial handicap, and visual ignorance.

OPTIC CHIASM

the locale at the bottom of the brain where the optic nerves from both eyes meet each other. In humans,

OPTIC DISK

the region of the retina where the axons of the retinal ganglion cells collect prior to exiting the retina to

OPTIC NERVE

the second cranial nerve, that transports the axons of retinal ganglion cells and continues from the retina on to the

OPTIC NEURITIS

swelling of the optic nerve, that might lead to abrupt, painful loss of sight in an eye.