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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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ORDINARY CREATIVITY

the capacity to think divergently or to drum up unique and one-of-a-kind ideas.

ORDINATE

noun. the vertical O in a data plot or graph- that being, the y-axis.

ORESTES COMPLEX

with regard to classical Freudian psychoanalysis, a son's repressed urge to murder his mother, that might result in the physical

OREXIN

noun. any of a set of proteins, dispersed in the lateral hypothalamus, which elicit feeding and have additionally been identified

OREXIS

the affective, appetitive personality of an activity or action, versus the mental facets. Commonly referred to as orexia.

ORGAN EROTICISM

carnal excitement or carnal connection correlated with a specific bodily organ.

ORGAN INFERIORITY

the insight of being deficient or somehow lesser than other people as a outcome of aversive emotions about a physical

ORGAN LANGUAGE

with regard to the confines of classical psychoanalytic deconstructions of psychosomatic disease, the bodily display of emotional torment or disruption.

ORGAN OF CORTI

postulated by Italian anatomist Alfonso Corti, a specialized construct which resides upon the basilar membrane within the cochlea inside the

ORGANELLE

a specialized, membrane-encompassed construct within a cell, like the golgi apparatus or a mitochondrion.

ORGANIC

adjective. 1. designating a state or illness which is essentially somatic or physical, as compared to operational or psychogenic. 2.

ORGANIC APPROACH

the theory positing all illnesses or dysfunctions, cognitive and physical, as having a physiological foundation. Commonly referred to as organic-cism.

ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROMES

in the DSM-III, a set of illnesses or dysfunctions, consisting of amnestic disorder, organic character syndrome, dementia, delirium, and organic

ORGANIC DEFECT

a congenital illness which isn't the outcome of an inherited anomaly.

ORGANIC DELUSIONAL SYNDROME

in the DSM-III, a state marked by the occurrence of significant delusions, generally possessing a persecutory foundation, which are generated

ORGANIC DEMENTIA

in the DSM-III, dementia as a result of any state which inflicts damage upon the brain.

ORGANIC DISORDER

any disease stemming from a demonstrable abnormality in the construct or biochemistry of bodily organs or tissues. Commonly referred to

ORGANIC HALLUCINATIONS

hallucinations correlated with a particular aspect rooted in the brain. Arousal or irritation of a portion of the brain or

ORGANIC HALLUCINOSIS

in the DSM-III, a state marked by continual or repetitive hallucinations generated by hallucinogens, alcohol, brain injury or malfunction, or,

ORGANIC MENTAL DISORDERS

in the DSM-III, a heterogeneous set of cognitive disruptions stemming from transient or lasting brain malfunction because of particular organic