Four-year-old Larry squeezes between his mommy and daddy as they sit together on the couch.He cuddles with Mommy and pushes Daddy away.This illustrates which Freudian concept?

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This behavior illustrates the Oedipal complex, which in Freudian theory, involves a child's unconscious desire to possess the opposite-sex parent and view the same-sex parent as a rival. In this case, Larry is cuddling with his mother and pushing his father away, expressing his unconscious desire to possess his mother and view his father as a rival.

Four-Year-Old Larry Squeezes Between His Mommy and Daddy as They