According to Freud, there are differences in superego formation for males and females because ______.

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According to Freud, during the phallic stage of psychosexual development, both males and females experience a conflict related to their attraction to the opposite-sex parent and jealousy of the same-sex parent. Freud referred to this conflict as the Oedipal complex for males and the Electra complex for females. While both sexes ultimately resolve this conflict by identifying with the same-sex parent and developing a superego, Freud believed that the process was easier and more straightforward for males due to their shared gender identity with their father, while girls may struggle with a more diffuse sense of self and an incomplete resolution of the Electra complex.

According to Freud, There Are Differences in Superego Formation for Males