According to Freud, most children resolve the Oedipal conflict by ________.

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According to Freud's psychosexual stages, the Oedipal conflict occurs during the phallic stage (ages 3-6) in which children develop unconscious sexual desires for their opposite-sex parent and see their same-sex parent as a rival. Freud believed that most children resolve this conflict through identification with their same-sex parent, adopting their values and behaviors as their own. This is known as the Oedipal resolution.

According to Freud, Most Children Resolve the Oedipal Conflict by ________