ORGANIC APPROACH
the theory positing all illnesses or dysfunctions, cognitive and physical, as having a physiological foundation. Commonly referred to as organic-cism.
ORGANIC-AFFECTIVE SYNDROME
in the DSM-III-R, any disruption of mood with indicators which meet the standards for a mood disorder but which stem…
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
a worker's commitment to an establishment and desire to continue to be a part of it. Organizational dedication is frequently…
ORNE EFFECT
the propensity for common partakers to attempt to discern the desires or intentions of an experimenter and to attempt to…
ORTHOGRAPHY
noun. 1. A language's official writing system. 2. the study of the manners of spelling in a system.
OSMOLAGNIA
noun. carnal interest in and satisfaction stemming from scents emanating from the body, particularly from the genitalia.
OTHER CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE A FOCUS OF CLINICAL ATTENTION
in the DSM-IV-TR, a class which comprises many illnesses or problems which require psychiatric intervention or remediation although they don't…
OUTBREEDING
noun. 1. the mating of human beings who are not related or who stem from varied groups. It is hence…
OUTGROUP HOMOGENEITY BIAS
the perceptual propensity to presume the members of other groups are very much alike to one another, especially in comparison…
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 DISPLAY
a sole demonstration which utilizes a meaningful form to display varied forms of data at the same time as each…
OBJECTIVE ELABORATION
the propensity to facilitate specific evaluative responses based upon the magnitude of the arguments within a message instead of on…
OBJECT-SUPERIORITY EFFECT
in visual comprehension jobs, the finding that decisions about a briefly shown line are made more effectively and successfully whenever…
OBSERVER DRIFT
gradual step-by-step alterations over time in the observations and documenting of observations made by a specific viewer.
OCCUPATIONAL NEUROSIS
a psychogenic inhibition correlated with employment wherein the person encounters distress and escalating aversion to work, that might be reflected…