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According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory,the Electra complex causes girls to:

A) resent their father because he has a penis.
B) adore their father and resent their mother.
C) prefer their mother to their father.
D) try to make peace when parents fight.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic theory describing a girl's sense of competition with her mother for the affections of her father.

Psychoanalytic Theory

A comprehensive theory developed by Sigmund Freud that attempts to explain human behavior through unconscious motivations and conflicts.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue.

  • Analyze Freud's psychoanalytic theory and its implications on gender development.
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