The Birth Process Is Called ________

question 37

Multiple Choice

The birth process is called ________.

• A) micturition
• B) gastrulation
• C) organogenesis
• D) parturition
• E) expulsion

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Definitions:

Electra

A psychoanalytic theory that suggests a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Oedipus Complex

Oedipus Complex is a Freudian theory proposing a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Phallic Stage

The attachment of libido to the genitals.

Castration Anxiety

In psychoanalytic theory, a child's fear of losing their genitalia as a punishment for sexual desires or as a result of sexual competition, especially in the phallic stage.