Glossary O

Glossary O

Overly permissive parents are parents who give little guidance, allow too much freedom, or do not require the child to take responsibility.

Overmatching refers to a deviation from matching in which the proportion of responses on the richer schedule versus poorer schedule is more different than would be predicted by matching.

Deutsch: Überbehütung / Español: Sobreprotección / Português: Superproteção / Français: Surprotection / Italiano: Sovraprotezione

In the psychology context, overprotection refers to a behavioral pattern in which a caregiver, often a parent, excessively shields their child from potential risks, failures, or challenges, more than is developmentally appropriate or necessary. This behavior can limit the child's ability to develop independence, resilience, problem-solving skills, and confidence in their own abilities. Overprotection is often rooted in the caregiver's anxiety or fear about the child's safety and well-being, but it can lead to unintended negative consequences for the child's emotional and psychological development.

Overregularization refers to the overgeneralization of grammatical rules to irregular cases where the rules do not apply which occurs when individuals apply the general rules of language to the exceptional cases that vary from the norm, such as saying mouses rather than mice and pluralizing foot as foots

Overshadowing refers to the phenomenon whereby the most salient member of a compound stimulus is more readily conditioned as a CS and thereby interferes with conditioning of the least salient member.

Deutsch: Offene Aggression / Español: Agresión Manifiesta / Português: Agressão Explícita / Français: Agression Overt / Italiano: Aggressione Manifesta

Overt aggression in the psychology context refers to aggressive behaviors that are openly displayed and directed towards others or objects. This form of aggression is explicit, visible, and often involves physical actions or verbal expressions intended to harm or intimidate another person. Overt aggression contrasts with covert aggression, where harmful behaviors are more hidden or subtle, such as gossiping or exclusion. Understanding overt aggression is crucial in psychology for diagnosing, treating, and managing aggressive behaviors in various settings, including schools, workplaces, and therapeutic environments.

Overt behavior is a behavior that has the potential for being directly observed by an individual other than the one performing the behavior; actions that can be directly observed by others.

Overt homosexual refers to a homosexual who is open about his or her sexual orientation; who has already admitted his or her sexuality.