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Detailed explanation-1: -For instance, Freud suggested that an incomplete resolution of the Oedipus complex can lead to homosexuality, caused by the child’s eventual identification with their opposite-sex parent instead of their same-sex one.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Oedipus complex is a Freudian term that was named after a man that unknowingly killed his father and slept with his mother. Freud said that a boy develops an unconscious infatuation towards his mother, and simultaneously fears his father to be a rival. This happens at an unconscious level.

Detailed explanation-3: -Freud suggested that the Oedipus complex played an important role in the phallic stage of psychosexual development. 1 He also believed that successful completion of this stage involved identifying with the same-sex parent, which ultimately would lead to developing a mature sexual identity.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the context of psychoanalytic theory, the negative Oedipus complex is the inverse of the Oedipus complex in which young boys will desire their mothers and assume their fathers as a direct rival whereas young girls will desire their fathers and assume their mothers a direct rival to their desire.

Detailed explanation-5: -Freud used the term “Oedipus complex” to describe a child’s desire for their opposite-sex parent and feelings of envy, jealousy, resentment, and competition with the same-sex parent. It’s important to note that there’s very little evidence that the Oedipus (or Electra) complex is real.