OBSERVER DRIFT
gradual step-by-step alterations over time in the observations and documenting of observations made by a specific viewer.
ORAL SADISM
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the primitive impulse to utilize the mouth, lips, and teeth as tools of violence, mastery,…
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
a worker's commitment to an establishment and desire to continue to be a part of it. Organizational dedication is frequently…
OVERPAYMENT INEQUITY
a worker's understanding that they are being paid an amount which goes beyond what is fair, particularly in contrast with…
PARAKINESIS
noun. 1. with regard to parapsychology, reference: psychokinesis. 2. with regard to medicine, a synonym for parakinesia occurring every now…
PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
a kind of observational technique wherein a trained viewer enters the group under analysis as a member, while avoiding a…
PATTERNED INTERVIEW
a kind of interview, frequently utilized in personnel choosing, which is modeled to cover specified particular regions, but at the…
PERCEPTUAL DEFICIT
a handicapped capacity to order and perceive sensory experience, causing trouble in viewing, identifying, and understanding other individuals, scenarios, terms,…
PERSONALITY STRUCTURE
the ordering of the personality with regard to its basic elements and their union with one another. Structural theories are…
PHARMACODYNAMIC TOLERANCE
a type of drug tolerance wherein the chemistry of the brain comes to be acclimated to the existence of the…
PHRENOLOGY
noun. a theory of personality developed in the 18th and 19th centuries by an Austrian philosopher and anatomist named Johann…
DEGREES OF FREEDOM
1. Number of elements free to vary in a statistical calculation. See chi-square distribution. 2. Motor control. The joints and…
DETOUR PROBLEM
Used in problem solving by looking at indirect or circuitous solutions as the most direct solution is blocked.
DIFFERENTIATION THEORY
Theory where perceptionis understood as a filtering process that allows noise to be filtered out while learning to distinguish features…