If Sigmund Freud Were to Have Abandoned His Concept of the Oedipus

question 55

Multiple Choice

If Sigmund Freud were to have abandoned his concept of the Oedipus complex, he would have needed to come up with another explanation for how

• A) unconscious needs are expressed in dreams.
• B) the superego develops.
• C) fixation affects adult personalities.
• D) defense mechanisms work.

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Definitions:

Daly And Wilson

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