Glossary O
Glossary O
Deutsch: Duftstoff / Español: Odorante / Português: Odorante / Français: Odorant / Italiano: Odorante
Odorant refers to a chemical compound that stimulates the olfactory system, allowing humans and animals to perceive smells. In psychology, odorants are studied to understand how olfactory perception influences emotions, memory, behaviour, and even cognition. The way odorants are processed in the brain provides insights into human responses, associative learning, and sensory integration.
Oedipal morality is Freud’s theory that moral development occurs during the phallic period (ages 3 to 6) when children internalize the moral standards of the same-sex parent as they resolve their Oedipus or Electra conflicts
Oedipus is a character from Greek mythology who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, fulfilling a tragic prophecy.
Deutsch: Ödipus / Español: Edipo / Português: Édipo / Français: Œdipe / Italian: Edipo
Oedipus complex refers to the Freud's theory where the boys want to kill his father and sleep with his mother because of sexual attraction to mother.
This complex is was named after the mythical Greek king, Oedipus who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
Oedipus in the psychology context refers to the Oedipus complex, a concept introduced by Sigmund Freud, which describes a child's feelings of desire for their opposite-sex parent and jealousy and rivalry with their same-sex parent. This term is derived from the Greek myth of Oedipus, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
Offense refers to a violation of the criminal law, or, in some jurisdictions, it is a minor crime, such as jaywalking, sometimes described as ticketable crime
Offering alternatives refers to the least potentially harmful of three problem-focused, commonly used, skills in which a number of options toward working on identified problems are given. Please see also Information-giving and Advice-giving.