See, I always thought it was more that a child would look for a partner that bore similar traits to the parent of the opposite sex -- which meant they wanted to have sex with that parent, or something like that.
I learned that it was both that and that the opposite sex parent has slightly more influence over a child than the other parent.
The Freud talk is one of the better ones to zone out on. It's... disturbing to think about. And it makes you wonder about Freud's relationship with his own mother and his daughter, Anna, who continued his research.
No problem! It was a lot of fun. But I think my words should be taken with a grain of salt. I grew up around psych people, but I've only taken two formal classes in it. Everything else I learned at the age of five with my mom when she was studying. (Though I was apparently disturbingly good at behavioral modification, as my dad really should have noticed.)
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I learned that it was both that and that the opposite sex parent has slightly more influence over a child than the other parent.
The Freud talk is one of the better ones to zone out on. It's... disturbing to think about. And it makes you wonder about Freud's relationship with his own mother and his daughter, Anna, who continued his research.
No problem! It was a lot of fun. But I think my words should be taken with a grain of salt. I grew up around psych people, but I've only taken two formal classes in it. Everything else I learned at the age of five with my mom when she was studying. (Though I was apparently disturbingly good at behavioral modification, as my dad really should have noticed.)