Chad's psychoanalyst is a strict Freudian psychoanalyst. He tells Chad that his issues with his father are the result of Chad's unconscious sexual attraction to his own mother. This strange concept is known as the _______________

FIll in the blank with correct word.


Answer: Oedipal complex.
Rationale: Freud believed that male children in the phallic stage become sexually attracted to their mothers. This is known as the Oedipal complex.

Psychology

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a. habituation. b. displacement. c. dehumanization. d. cultivation.

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a. when information from interviews and ABC observations is consistent b. when information from interviews and direct observations leads to a clear hypothesis c. to show a functional relationship between behavior, antecedents, and consequences d. all of these

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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a. free-flowing, changing process b. contract with a set of unalterable stipulations c. arrangement where the parties are committed to one another for life d. relationship where the partners are unwilling to explore the differences between them

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