OBSERVATION COMMITMENT
the restriction of a individual in a medical facility by a court order for a limited time to be observed,…
OBTRUSIVE MEASURE
a way of gathering measurements or observations wherein those partaking know that a measurement is underway.
OCCUPATIONAL COUNSELING
20th-century approach toward vocational guidance. Three steps were determined in the process: (i) pertinent knowledge of self, (ii) authentic knowledge…
OCEANIC STATE
a state of understood limitlessness of the individual, at times, comprising the comprehension of omnipotence. It might be an ecstatic…
OCULOMOTOR CHANGES
a wide class of impacts elicited by modification of the visual surroundings, like the acclimation in movement trajectory which takes…
OFF RESPONSE (OFF RESPONSE)
the depolarization of a neuron within the visual system which takes place in reaction to light decrement. Neurons with off…
OLDEST OLD
adults over 85 years old. This subset is the quickest developing group of the populace in several established countries.
OLFACTORY MUCOSA
the superior part of the nasal cavity consisting of mucus-secreting cells and subsuming the olfactory nerve, the olfactory epithelium, and…
OLIVOCOCHLEAR BUNDLE
a tract of efferent or centrifugal fibers spanning from the superior olivary complex by way of the descending neural pathways…
ON-OFF CELLS
neurons within the visual system, specifically the retina, which depolarize whenever the retina is aroused with either light onset or…
OPEN ADOPTION
a type of adoption which permits varying amounts of pre- and post placement communication between a youth's adoptive family and…
OPEN-CLASS WORDS
with regard to a language, a class of terms which readily accepts new members, like those arising by way of…
OPERANT CONDITIONING CHAMBER
a tool utilized to examine operant behavior. Typically, it supplies a fairly minute and austere climate which inhibits extraneous stimulants.…
OPHTHALMIA
serious swelling of the eye which might impact either the conjunctiva or deeper structures. Mucous is a type of conjunctivitis…
OPIOID AGONIST
any drug with improving impacts at opioid receptors in the CNS. Commonly referred to as narcotic agonist.
OPPONENTS THEORY OF COLOR VISION
any one of a category of theories depicting color vision on the premise of the behavior of mechanisms, that might…
OPTIMAL LEVEL
the utmost degree of difficulty of a skill which a person can manage, that can be obtained solely in the…
ORAL IMPREGNATION
fertilization which is said, with some degree of uncertainty, to arise by oral instead of genital contact.