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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…