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| obedience | |
| A change in behavior due to the commands of others (Ch. 18) | |
| obesity | |
| The state of being more than 20 percent above the average weight for a person of a given height (Ch. 10) | |
| object permanence | |
| The awareness that objects—and people—continue to exist even if they are out of sight (Ch. 12) | |
| observational learning | |
| Learning by watching others’ behavior and the consequences of that behavior (Ch. 17) | |
| observational learning | |
| Learning through observing the behavior of another person called a model (Ch. 6) | |
| obsession | |
| A thought or idea that keeps recurring in one’s mind (Ch. 16) | |
| obsessive-compulsive disorder | |
| A disorder characterized by obsessions or compulsions (Ch. 16) | |
| Oedipal conflict | |
| A child’s sexual interest in his or her opposite-sex parent, typically resolved through identification with the same-sex parent (Ch. 14) | |
 operant
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Learning in which a voluntary response is strengthened or weakened, depending on its positive or negative consequences (Ch. 6) |
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| operationalization | |
| The process of translating a hypothesis into specific, testable procedures that can be measured and observed (Ch. 2) | |
| opponent-process theory of color vision | |
| The theory that suggests receptor cells are linked in pairs, working in opposition to each other (Ch. 4) | |
| optic nerve | |
| A bundle of ganglion axons that carry visual information (Ch. 4) | |
| oral stage | |
| According to Freud, a stage from birth to 12–18 months, in which an infant’s center of pleasure is the mouth (Ch. 14) | |
| orgasm | |
| The peak of sexual excitement during which time rhythmic muscular contractions occur in the genitals (Ch. 11) | |
| otoliths | |
| Tiny, motion-sensitive crystals within the semicircular canals that sense body acceleration (Ch. 4) | |
| overgeneralization | |
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The phenomenon whereby children apply rules even when the application results in an error (Ch. 8) |
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| ovulation | |
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The point at which an egg is released from the ovaries (Ch. 11) |
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