OBJECTIVE EXAMINATION
an analysis wherein subjective decisions don't play a part in scoring. In contrast, an essay test is a subjective test.
OBLIGATE CARRIER
a person whose mother/father and youth, or whose monozygotic twin possesses a specific inherited mutation, indicating that the person must…
OBSERVING RESPONSE
behavior which results in the arrangement or clarification of discriminative stimulants.
OCCIPITAL LOBE
within each cerebral hemisphere, it is the very most posterior lobe which is correlated with the visual sense.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA)
a federal department of the U.S. Department of Labor established to promote the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970,…
OCULAR DYSMETRIA
incapacity to direct saccadic eye movements to targets. Eye movements might either land short of the target or surpass it.…
ODDITY LEARNING, ODDITY PROBLEM
an acquisition task wherein an animal must choose an item which is in some way varied from other potential choices.…
OFF-TIME LIFE EVENTS
life events which arise at atypical or unpredicted times in the life span for members of a chosen populace.
OLFACTORY AREA
a brain structure correlated with the sense of scent. Experimental signs or proof of the exact operations of this region…
OLFACTORY TUBERCLE
a tiny oval elevation close to the base of the olfactory tract which consists of auxiliary olfactory nerve cells and…
ON CELLS (ON CELLS)
neurons within the visual system, specifically the retina, which depolarize whenever the retina is aroused by light onset.
OPERATIONAL DEFINITION
a meaning of something with regard to the operations by which it could be viewed and gauged. Introduction A key…
OPIOID WITHDRAWAL
a typical withdrawal indicator which manifests after cessation or lessening of prolonged, significant opioid intake. At least three of the…