What is the Oedipus complex?

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: When a male child fears his father will castrate him simply because they find out girls don't have a penis. they suppress their desire for their mother and identify with their father.

Psychology

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_______ involves providing a nonjudgmental setting in which to discuss issues while providing the client with unconditional positive regard

a. Existential therapy b. Client-centered therapy c. Rational-emotive behavior therapy d. Modern psychodynamic therapy

Psychology

Temperament is assessed through

A) self-reports and questionnaires. B) parental reports, observations, and physiological measures. C) delay-of-gratification tasks. D) Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation.

Psychology