According to Sigmund freud,around the age of four or five,boys and girls identify:
A) more with their peers than their parents
B) more with their siblings than their parents
C) with their same-sex parent
D) with their opposite-sex parent
E) with nonparental adults

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According to Sigmund Freud's theory of psychosexual development, children around the age of four or five go through the phallic stage, where they experience a sexual attraction to the opposite-sex parent and want to eliminate the same-sex parent as a rival. This is known as the Oedipus complex for boys and the Electra complex for girls. As a result, children are thought to identify with their same-sex parent to resolve these conflicts and develop a gender identity. Therefore, the correct answer is C, with their same-sex parent.

According to Sigmund Freud,around the Age of Four or Five,boys