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Detailed explanation-1: -The Oedipus complex is named for the Greek myth of Oedipus, a Theban king who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. Sigmund Freud used the myth as a parallel to his theory that children are attracted to their opposite-sex parent and feel hatred toward their same-sex parent.

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: -The Electra complex is a largely debunked theory that describes a female child experiencing specific feelings toward the parent of the opposite sex-her father-including: desire. possessiveness.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Electra complex is a psychoanalytic term used to describe a girl’s sense of competition with her mother for the affections of her father. It is comparable to the Oedipus complex in males.