Object Permanence
The understanding
that objects exist even when they are not directly
observed.
Objective Techniques
A generic term for the psychological
procedures used to measure personality which rely
on measurable or objective techniques such as the
MMPI-2 and WAIS-III.
Obsession
A
persistent and seemingly uncontrollable thought.
Occipital
Lobe
One
of for lobes of the brain. Contains the visual
cortex and therefore plays a major role in the
interpretation of visual information.
Odd-Even
Reliability
The correlation coefficient determined by comparing odd items of the measurement to the even items.
One method to determine the internal consistency
of a test or measuring device.
Olfaction
The sense of
smell.
One-Way
ANOVA
An Analysis of Variance used when there is only one main effect.
Operant
Conditioning
Learning that
occurs due to the manipulation of the possible
consequences.
Optimal
Level of Arousal
Theory
arguing that humans are driven to increase or
decrease arousal to produce a comfortable level
that is not over- nor under stimulating.
Oral
Aggressive Personality
Stemming
from the Oral stage, a child who becomes fixated due
to over stimulation transfers his or her unresolved
oral issues into aggression and hostility.
Oral
Receptive Personality
Stemming
from the Oral stage, a child who becomes fixated
due to under stimulation transfers his or her
unmet oral needs into smoking, drinking, talking,
biting fingernails, or sucking one's own thumb,
for example.
Oral
Stage
Freud's
first stage of psychosexual development where the
primary sexual focus is on the mouth through sucking,
tasting, and verbalizing.
Order
Effects
The
effects of administering treatments in a
particular order
Ordered
Array
A
table consisting of data in order of highest to lowest or lowest to highest where each data is given a numbered rank depicting it's difference from the highest or lowest score
Ordinal
Scale
Any scale that reflects only magnitude but does not contain equal intervals or an absolute zero
Overlearning
A
technique used to improve memory where information
is learned to the point that it can be repeated
without mistake more than one time.
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