organic variable

a process or state within an organism that combines with a stimulus to produce a particular response. For example, a headache may be an organic variable, and the response may be an irritable reaction to a stimulus (e.g., noise in the neighborhood). Also called O variable.

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Psychology term of the day

May 9th 2024

sudden unexpected nocturnal-death syndrome

see nightmare-death syndrome.