OUIJA BOARD
brand name for a board displaying letters and numerals on which a movable pointer, held by the players, spells out…
OUTGROUP EXTREMITY EFFECT
the propensity to depict and assess out-group members, their behavior, and their products in very positive or very aversive manners.
OVERACTIVITY
noun. Too much restless activity which might correspond to fear or frenzy. Over activity is generally partly less extreme than…
OVERIDENTIFICATION
noun. with regard to the general linear model, the existence of more parameters than are required to dictate the model…
OVERSHADOWING
noun. with regard to Pavlovian conditioning, a lessening in conditioning with one conditioned stimulant because of the existence of another…
OWN CONTROL
a repeated measures design wherein many gauges are recorded on the same set of people or person. Such a construct…
OBJECT CONSTANCY
the propensity for an item to be comprehended more or less unaltered in spite of variations in the conditions of…
OBJECTIVE COMPETITIVE SITUATION
a scenario wherein at least one person analyzes the behavior of a person or group of people by comparing it…
OBJECT-ORIENTED PLAY
the voluntary changing of items, like clanging or throwing them, within the framework of play.
OBSERVER BIAS
an experimental bias comprised of errors by a viewer in one direction. Such a bias is frequently correlated with the…
OCCASIONALISM
noun. the philosophical doctrine which postulates that occurrences aren't specifically a result of the antecedent occurrences which seem to generate…
OCCUPATIONAL INHIBITION, OCCUPATIONAL NORM
the common or average score attained from examinations of a specific capacity, attribute, or interest among members of a specific…
OCULAR DOMINANCE COLUMN
a vertical slab of straite cortex wherein the neurons are favorably reactive to arousal by way of one of the…
ODD-EVEN RELIABILITY
a way of examining the dependability of an examination by relating scores on the odd- numbered objects with scores on…
OLFACTORIUM
noun. an examination chamber designed for concise and accurate gauging of olfactory operations, particularly odor sensitivity. The very controlled odor…
OLFACTORY TRACT
a strip of nerve fibers which starts in the olfactory bulb and continues in reverse along the bottom side of…
OMNIBUS TEST
a statistical examination of magnitude wherein at least three conditions are contrasted at the same time or wherein there are…
ONE-SIDED MESSAGE
a message consisting of arguments which solely advocate one side of a problem. It is compared with a two-sided message,…
ONTOGENETIC FALLACY
postulated by American sociologist Sale Dannefer, the false presumption that anything which appears like a typical trend or pattern of…