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Panic Attack Panic attacks are symptoms of anxiety disorders where individuals experience brief episodes of intense anxiety. Physical symptoms involve increased heart …

Overshadowing Overshadowing is when two or more stimuli are present, and one stimulus produces a stronger response than the other because it …

Overjustification Effect There were some very cool studies many years back in which children were given opportunities to play with some toys. …

Outgroup Bias Humans categorize things. The minute we meet someone we begin placing them into a variety of categories such as male/female, …

Outgroup Outgroup bias, like ingroup bias, is a simple concept, but one that has very powerful affects on people, societies, and life …

Othello Effect (Othelloe Theory) The notion of the Othello Effect stems from Paul Ekman and occurs in an interrogation or Q&A type …

Organic Amnesia Amnesia refers to a loss of memory resulting from head trauma, substance abuse, or epilepsy. These examples are considered organic …

Oral Stage One of Freud’s five psychosexual stages of development is where pleasure is centred in and around the mouth. The oral …

Optic Nerve The optic nerve is one of the twelve cranial nerves. The optic nerve is behind the eyeball and transmits visual …

Optic Chiasm The Optic Chiasm is an area at the base of your forebrain where your optic nerves (the nerves connected to …