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Oedipus complex

In classical psychoanalytic theory, the Oedipus complex is a son's sexual attitude towards his mother and concomitant hostility toward his father, first formed during the phallic stage of psychosexual development. A daughter's attitude of desire for her father and hostility toward her mother is referred to as the feminine (or female) Oedipus complex. The…

The Oedipus complex, Freudian theoretic revision & Criticism

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related to Melanie Klein · 10
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related to Otto Rank · 8
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Oedipus complexis ason's sexual attitude towards his mother and concomitant hostility toward his father0.90text
Oedipus complexis airrelevance in the treatment of severe pathology0.90text
the Oedipus complex that require the presence of the motherinstance ofThese new family structures pose new questions for the psychoanalytic theories0.80text
the father in the successful development of a child.Evidence suggests children who have been raised by parents of the same sex are not much different from children raised in a traditional family structureinstance ofThese new family structures pose new questions for the psychoanalytic theories0.80text
Chodorowinstance ofMany psychoanalytic thinkers0.80text
Corbett are working towards changing the Oedipus complex to eliminateinstance ofMany psychoanalytic thinkers0.80text
Oedipus complexinstance ofTo examine the application of concepts0.80text
primal scene to male same-sex familiesinstance ofTo examine the application of concepts0.80text
we must first eliminate the automatic associations among sexinstance ofTo examine the application of concepts0.80text
genderinstance ofTo examine the application of concepts0.80text
and the stereotypical psychological functions based on these categoriesinstance ofTo examine the application of concepts0.80text
Oedipus complexrelated to Carl Gustav JungIn0.60section

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