According to psychoanalytic theory,boys' fear of castration is most closely associated with
A) an oral fixation.
B) free association.
C) the reality principle.
D) the Oedipus complex.

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According to psychoanalytic theory, the fear of castration is a central part of the Oedipus complex, in which boys experience unconscious sexual desire for their mothers and perceive their fathers as rivals for their mother's affection. The fear of castration arises from their desire to possess their mother as an Oedipal goal and the perceived threat of punishment from the father for these desires.

According to Psychoanalytic Theory,boys' Fear of Castration Is Most Closely