Conan constantly wants to be near his mother, receiving her affectionate touching and kissing. He wants nothing to do with his father, and actively stands between his parents to keep them from hugging each other. According to Freudian theory, it is likely that Conan is _____.
A. developing a neurosis
B. developing homosexual tendencies
C. in the middle of the Oedipus complex
D. being overindulged by his mother and underindulged by his father
Ans: C. in the middle of the Oedipus complex
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a. history b. political science c. social psychology d. anthropology
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a. Studies on Hysteria? b. ?The Interpretation of Dreams c. ?The Psychopathology of Everyday Life d. ?Three /Essays on the Theory of Sexuality e. ?The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense
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a. The A main effect b. The B main effect c. The interaction effect d. Both the A main effect and the B main effect
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a. temperamental correlations are stronger for identical twins than for fraternal twins. b. the genetic alleles for temperament are known. c. temperamental traits don't appear for several years. d. identical twins have nonshared environmental experiences.