Photoshop CC tool options popup appears when selecting a tool

I am using Photoshop CC 2014 on my MacBook Pro (2009 - 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5). I have used Photoshop CC before on a different MacBook Pro (2011) from work, but on my own Mac, the tool bar on the left behaves slightly differently.
When I click on a tool, the tool options popup appears and stays until I click on something else or select an option, before I can even select another tool. Please see the attached screen snip.
I am used to it being that I just click on it once to select a tool, without activating the tool options popup. And if I want to see other options that come with that tool, I click and hold to bring up the popup.
It's kind of annoying and slows me down. I looked everywhere, including preferences, to find a way to turn it off. I have not found it.
Has anyone experienced this? Am I crazy?
Is this a OS Mavericks issue?
Message was edited by: Toan Le

This is font cache problem
The following command can help
http://www.mostafaberg.com/2012/08/quick-fix-for-adobe-cs6-on-mountain-lion-freeze-when-us ing-middle-eastern-type-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-727
Adobe must urgently fix this bug.

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