ORTHONASIA
noun. a system wherein kids are educated about death as a component of life, to allow them to integrate healthy…
OSMOMETRIC THIRST
thirst stemming from a loss of cellular fluids and a general escalation in osmotic pressure. Commonly referred to as intracellular…
OTHER-TOTAL RATIO (OTR)
a formula for predicting the degree of self-awareness felt by people in social environments. The formula postulates that self-awareness escalates…
OUTCOME EVALUATION
a procedure utilized to determine whether or not a program has attained its aforementioned objectives and had the favored effect…
OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE
a dissociative experience wherein the person imagines their mind, soul, or spirit has exited the body and is functioning or…
OVERJUSTIFICATION EFFECT
a paradoxical effect wherein praising an individual for their performance can generate lower, instead of higher, strife and achievement. It…
OVERSIMPLIFICATION
noun. a depiction or description of something which excludes known vital components, making it seem to be less complex than…
OBJECT LOSS
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the actual loss of an individual who has performed good deeds, that comes before introjection…
OBJECTIVE PSYCHOLOGY
an technique in psychology which centers upon gauging of behavioral procedures or other observable emotions.
OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR
behavior trait of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder or OCD, like continual brooding, doubting, stewing, incessant pondering over troubles, tidying up and…
OCCUPATIONAL STATUS
the amount of esteem attributed to members of a profession by a culture. Professions which are seen positively are high-status…
OCULOCEREBRAL-HYPOPIGMENTATION SYNDROME
a genetic disorder characterized by eye anomalies, lack of hair and skin pigmentation, cognitive impairment, and spasticity. The cases examined…