OVERPRODUCTION
1. the state wherein a species generates excess offspring for the amount of food, space, or other essentially resources that…
OVERVALUED IDEA
an untrue or exaggerated belief which is preserved by a person, but not as strictly and consistently than a delusion.…
OBJECT AND LOCATION MEMORY
a type of spatial cognition which consists of finding and retaining items in spatial arrays. It shouldn't be confused with…
OBJECT-BASED ATTENTION
interest seen as operating mostly on items instead of on spatial locations.
OBJECTIVE TEST
an examination modeled to induce a particular response, accurate or inaccurate. A true or false examination is one instance of…
OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING 1
the collecting of data, skills, or actions by way of observing the behavior of others, either directly or through such…
OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE
a distinctive pattern of thought and actions shared by members of the same profession and showed in their language, morals,…
OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS
a nucleus in the brainstem which is correlated with either of the occulomotor nerves.
OFF-CENTER GANGLION CELL
a retinal ganglion cell which is hindered by light in the core of its receptive region but is aroused by…
OLFACTORY RECEPTOR
a spindle-shaped receptor cell in the olfactory epithelium of the nasal cavity which is sensitive to odorants. Cilia at the…
ONEIROMANCY
noun. the concept or practice of determining predictions of the future from dreams.
ONSET OF ACTION
the place at which the operations of a drug is obvious, typically gauged with regard to the time passed between…
OPEN-CLASSROOM METHOD
an educational system wherein teaching is unofficially constructed, frequently with an emphasis on individualized guidance or utilization of the open-classroom…
OPERANT LEVEL
a baseline likelihood or frequency of actions which takes place innately, prior to support or encouragement being arranged.
OPHTHALMOLOGY
noun. the medical specialty regarding the study of the eye and the identification and remediation of eye illness. A doctor…