Parental Loss Only Results in a Vulnerability to Depression When

question 22

Multiple Choice

Parental loss only results in a vulnerability to depression when

• A) the loss is due to death.
• B) poor parental care is a consequence of the loss.
• C) the loss is not explained adequately to the child.
• D) both parents are lost at an early age.

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic concept describing a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.

Electra Complex

A Freudian concept involving a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father, seen as a counterpart to the Oedipus complex in boys.

Analytical Psychology

The study of the personal and collective unconscious developed by Carl Jung.

Psychodynamic Theory

A viewpoint in psychology that emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces underlying human behavior, feelings, and emotions.