Glossary O

Glossary O

Out-call service refers to a service that sends a prostitute or sex worker to a location specified by the client to provide sexual services.

Out-group refers to a group with which an individual does not identify

Out-group homogeneity refers to the perception that those in the out-group are more similar (homogeneous) to each other than they really are, as well as more similar than the members of the in-group are

Outcome Level (OL) is a term in Kelley and Thibaut's (1978) Interdependence model that refers to the relative balance of benefits and costs that one obtains in a relationship.

Outcome measures in Psychotherapy research, are indicators of patient functioning following treatment which is used to gauge the treatment effectiveness.

Outcome recording when you record a response or when you see the result of the behavior.

Outcome research is defined as a systematic investigation of the effectiveness of a theory of Psychotherapy or a comparison of techniques or theories of Psychotherapy, in contrast to process research.

Outdegree for nonsymmetric data, the number of ties initiated by the individual.