Question

Lately, 5-year-old Liam has been acting strangely. He clings to his mother and expresses jealous feelings towards his father, almost as if his father is a rival for his mother's love. Freud would suggest that Liam is experiencing
the Oedipus complex T/F

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

According to psychoanalytic Freudian theory, children who are between 3-6 years old are going through the phallic stage of development. One of the main characteristics of this stage is that children go through the Oedipus complex according to which, boys start viewing their father as a rival and they compete for their mother's attention against the father. They can start having feelings of jealousy since they want all their mother's attention.

In this example, Liam is 5-years-old and lately he clings to his mother and expresses jealous feelings towards his father as if he was a rival for his mother's love. We can see that Liam is between 3-6 years old and it seems like he is competing for his mother's attention and love against his father. Therefore, according to Freud, he is likely experiencing Oedipus Complex.