OPIOID ANALGESIC
any opioid utilized clinically to lessen both the feeling of pain and the emotional reaction to pain. Commonly referred to…
OPPORTUNE FAMILY
people thought to be to be family to an individual, although they might not be related to that individual in…
OPTIC TRACT
the collection of optic nerve fibers following the partial decussation of the optic nerves at the optic chiasm.
OPTIMAL LEVEL THEORY
any theory which stresses living beings' strife to reach optimal levels of some attribute, like arousal or stimulation, tension, foraging,…
ORAL PERSONALITY
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, a trend of character traits stemming from obsessive focus during the oral stage of psychosexual…
ORDER EFFECT
with regard to repeated measures constructs, the impact of the order wherein remediations are delivered, meaning, the impact of being…
ORGAN INFERIORITY
the insight of being deficient or somehow lesser than other people as a outcome of aversive emotions about a physical…
ORGANIC REPRESSION
a retroactive type of amnesia wherein the patient might not be able to remember occurrences before the injury even though…
ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACH
with regard to the study of feelings, a conceptual construct, based upon the general systems theory, stressing the part of…
ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE
worker comprehensions of how fair an establishment is. It contains comprehensions of the fairness of results which workers receive and…
ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY TRAINING (O&M TRAINING)
guided direction in the mental and motor skills required for individuals with visual handicap to get themselves used to space…
OSCILLOMETER
noun. a tool for gauging oscillations, particularly those correlated with bodily operations, like variants in arterial pulsation.
OTOSCLEROSIS
noun. a development of spongy bone which grows in the middle ear and immobilizes the stapes at the place of…
OUTER PSYCHOPHYSICS
an effort to mandate the direct union between the tangible intensity of sensory stimulants and the intensity of the corresponding…
OVARIECTOMY
noun. the surgical elimination of one or both ovaries. Commonly referred to as oophorectomy.
OVEREXPECTATION
1. with regard to Pavlovian conditioning, a lessening in reacting to two (or presumably more) conditioned stimulants whenever they're linked…
OVERPRODUCTIVE IDEAS
racing thoughts or rapid production of ideas frequently existing in a frenzied episode.