Which of the Following Undermines the Validity of the Psychoanalytic

question 118

Multiple Choice

Which of the following undermines the validity of the psychoanalytic theory of gender?

• A)The preschool child develops a sexual attraction to the opposite-sex parent.
• B)Children become gender-typed even when the same-sex parent is not present in the family.
• C)Gender typing in children occurs at the stages of the Electra complex for girls and Oedipus complex for boys.
• D)The child consciously identifies and adopts the same-sex parent's characteristics.

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