Question

The Oedipus Complex involves a child feeling unconscious attraction towards which parent, and rivalry with whom?

Options

• Attracted to father; rivalry with mother.

• Attracted to mother; rivalry with father.

• Attracted to siblings; rivalry with both parents.

• Attracted to peers; rivalry with teachers.

Answer 1

Attracted to mother; rivalry with father.

Explanation:

Boys experience attraction to the mother and see the father as a rival; girls experience the opposite (Electra Complex).