Growth and Development Q 15

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Ben feels hatred each time he sees her father showing affection to her mother. According to Freud, this behavior is known as?

  

     A. Misomater

     B. Oedipus Complex

     C. Superiority Complex

     D. Electra Complex

    

    

Correct Answer: B. Oedipus complex

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Oedipus complex is a Freudian concept that describes a child’s sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and a sense of rivalry with the parent of the same sex. This desire is kept out of conscious awareness through repression, but Freud believed that it still had an influence over a child’s behavior and played a role in development.

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Option A: Misomater is a term that describes a person’s animosity toward his or her mother. Parent-offspring conflict describes the evolutionary conflict arising from differences in optimal fitness of parents and their offspring.

Option C: Superiority complex is a psychological behavior that exists when a person overcompensates his or her feelings of inferiority. A superiority complex is a belief that one’s abilities or accomplishments are somehow dramatically better than other people’s. People with a superiority complex may be condescending, smug, or mean to other people who don’t agree with them.

Option D: Electra complex is used to describe a girl’s attraction to their father and resentment or rivalry towards their mothers. The term Electra complex was introduced by Carl Jung to describe how this complex manifests in girls.

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