Most children outgrow this as they mature into teenagers.
Most children outgrow this as they mature into teenagers.
Electra complex
Yes, the opposite effect in girls is called an Electra complex.
No, it isn't possible in Freudian psychology for a stepdaughter to have an Oedipus complex over her stepfather. The Oedipus complex is applied to the relationship of a son to his mother. The equivalent for a daughter to her father is the Electra complex.The two complexes get their names from stories in ancient Greek mythology. The Oedipus complex refers to Theban King Oedipus' albeit unknowing, abnormal relationship with his parents. He kills his father, Theban King Laius. He weds and beds his mother, Theban Queen Jocasta.The Electra complex refers to Argive Princess Electra of Mycenae. She thinks it's o.k. for her father, King Agamemnon, to bring back as his lover, the war prize Cassandra, from Troy. She doesn't think it's o.k. for her mother, Clytemnestra, to have cousin-in-law Aegisthus as a lover. Electra and her brother Orestes end up planning the murder of Clytemnestra for having murdered Agamemnon.So the Oedipus complex warns of an abnormal attachment between son and mother. The Electra complex warns of an abnormal attachment between daughter and father.
Most children outgrow this as they mature into teenagers.
Most children outgrow this as they mature into teenagers.
Electra complex
Yes, the opposite effect in girls is called an Electra complex.
No, it isn't possible in Freudian psychology for a stepdaughter to have an Oedipus complex over her stepfather. The Oedipus complex is applied to the relationship of a son to his mother. The equivalent for a daughter to her father is the Electra complex.The two complexes get their names from stories in ancient Greek mythology. The Oedipus complex refers to Theban King Oedipus' albeit unknowing, abnormal relationship with his parents. He kills his father, Theban King Laius. He weds and beds his mother, Theban Queen Jocasta.The Electra complex refers to Argive Princess Electra of Mycenae. She thinks it's o.k. for her father, King Agamemnon, to bring back as his lover, the war prize Cassandra, from Troy. She doesn't think it's o.k. for her mother, Clytemnestra, to have cousin-in-law Aegisthus as a lover. Electra and her brother Orestes end up planning the murder of Clytemnestra for having murdered Agamemnon.So the Oedipus complex warns of an abnormal attachment between son and mother. The Electra complex warns of an abnormal attachment between daughter and father.
Electra Complex is a medical or proper term which means when a daughter in a family, finds her dad sexually attractive.The term for a son finding his mother attractive is Oedipus Complex.
Sigmund Freud [May 6, 1856-September 23, 1939] theorized the Oedipus complex. By that complex, he highlighted the mother-son interaction that may go from healthy to unhealthy. Freud also theorized the similar, Electra complex. By that complex, he highlighted the father-daughter interaction that may go from healthy to unhealthy.The names for both complexes are based upon legendary names in classical Greek mythology. Albeit unknowingly, Theban King Oedipus is a father killer. Knowingly, Argive Princess Electra is a mother killer.Albeit unknowingly, Oedipus fixates on a woman who's old enough to be his mother and who in fact turns out to be his mother. Knowingly, Electra loves her father and hates her mother. So she plots with her brother to kill their mother for having killed their father. It's fine with Electra that her father had taken a lover. It isn't fine with her that her mother did likewise.
Elektra complex- but please this could be an example of alpha/beta bias in freud's work. Is this complex real?Actually, yes. Freud's version for the female Oedipus Complex is known as the Electra Complex. This is from ages 3-6 when girls have a sort of "penis envy" in which they develop a certain want for their fathers. This where a female would become a "Daddy's Girl" or want to grow up and marry someone just like dad. Involves a small crush on the fatherly figure but soon goes away as a child gets older.
The story of King Oedipus is not found in the Bible. The story of Oedipus was written by the ancient Greek philosopher Sophocles. Electra is another play by Sophocles. Electra is the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra.
According to Freud, children possess a strong sexual impulse known as the Oedipus or Electra complex, which involves unconscious desires for the parent of the opposite sex and feelings of rivalry with the parent of the same sex. This impulse is believed to be resolved as children grow older and develop their superego.
The Electra complex is where a female loves her father and hates her mother because she believes that she has been castrated. This is called penis envy. She then realises that her mother is in the same position and relates to her. The Oedipus project is in males instead of females and they love the father instead of the mother instead of the father. They fear that their father will find out that they love their mother and cut off their penis. The boy then finds out that this wouldn't happen and relate to his father instead of his mother.
The term electra-complex was coined by the psychologist Carl Jung.