A Boy's Sexual Desires for His Mother and Feelings of Hostility

question 248

Multiple Choice

A boy's sexual desires for his mother and feelings of hostility toward his father constitute what Freud called

• A) reaction formation.
• B) the Oedipus complex.
• C) regression.
• D) an oral fixation.

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