OLFACTORY TRACT
a strip of nerve fibers which starts in the olfactory bulb and continues in reverse along the bottom side of…
OMNIBUS TEST
a statistical examination of magnitude wherein at least three conditions are contrasted at the same time or wherein there are…
ONE-SIDED MESSAGE
a message consisting of arguments which solely advocate one side of a problem. It is compared with a two-sided message,…
ONTOGENETIC FALLACY
postulated by American sociologist Sale Dannefer, the false presumption that anything which appears like a typical trend or pattern of…
OPEN HOSPITAL
a psychiatric hospital lacking locked entryways or physical constraint systems/tools. Commonly referred to as open-door hospital.
OPENING TECHNIQUE
the way by which a therapist mandates initial trust and rapport at the start of an occupational union with a…
OPIOID INTOXICATION
a reversible syndrome due to the recent taking of an opioid. It comprises clinically substantial behavioral or psychological alterations, as…
OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER
in the DSM-IV-TR, a behavioral disorder of the younger years marked by repetitive disobedient, aversive or violent actions in the…
OPTICAL PROJECTION 1
the development of a visual picture by way of a slide projector or like tool. 2. the centralization of items…
ORDERLINESS
noun. the propensity to be clean and neat and to keep object in their desired places. Excessiveness in this department…
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.