OPERANT CHAMBER
a tool for the laboratory-based analysis of operant behavior. It generally contains a small enclosure and is equipped so all…
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…
OPTIC NEURITIS
swelling of the optic nerve, that might lead to abrupt, painful loss of sight in an eye.
OPTIMAL INTENSITY
a condition wherein the degree of excitement, dedication, effort, and straight-forwardness and the appropriateness of attention and interest are aligned…
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
pills taken on a regular basis by females to inhibit pregnancy. Most are combined forms of a synthetic estrogen and…
ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX
the cerebral cortex belonging to the ventral portion of each frontal lobe, having significant links to the hypothalamus.
ORGANIC MENTAL DISORDERS
in the DSM-III, a heterogeneous set of cognitive disruptions stemming from transient or lasting brain malfunction because of particular organic…
ORGANISMIC VALUING PROCESS
with regard to client-focused theory, the assumed wellness and inborn interior advice program which an individual can utilize to stay…
ORGANIZATIONAL HUMANISM
an approach to bettering organizational efficacy based upon the presumption that efficacy is improved if organizational partakers can reach a…
ORGONE ACCUMULATOR
with regard to the orgone therapy of Austrian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, an enclosure wherein the patient resided for the reason…
OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
noun. a specialist physician or surgeon that examines and remediates illness of the ears, nose, and throat and of the…
OUTCOME RESEARCH
a step-by-step investigation of the efficacy of a sole form or kind of psychotherapy, or of the comparative efficacy of…
OVERDETERMINATION
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the idea postulating that many unconscious facets might mix to generate one symptom, dream, dysfunction,…