Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Self and Personality

Question:
What is the term used by Freud to describe the resolution of the Oedipus complex in boys?
Options:
Electra Complex
Identification
Regression
Oedipal resolution
Correct Answer:
Identification
Explanation:
The resolution of the Oedipus complex in boys involves identification. Boys give up their sexual feelings for their mothers and begin to see their fathers as role models rather than rivals. They identify with their fathers and model their own behavior after them.