The Oedipal complex is most likely experienced in the __________ stage
A) genital
B) oral
C) phallic
D) anal
Answer: C
Rationale: Freud believed that children in the phallic stage become sexually attracted to the opposite-sexed parent. The male child develops a sense of competition with his father, and then begins to fear that his father will castrate him in the course of competing for the affection of the mother. This is known as the Oedipal complex).
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