PSYCHOLOGY LESSON: Oedipus complex?

When I was a psychology professor, I always found it difficult to make students understand Freud’s notion of the Oedipus complex, which is a rather counterintuitive notion. Any other teachers of psychology who have similar problems explaining psychoanalytic concepts (or students who struggle to understand them) might want to go to the Wilkinson Sword homepage, and click on “Fight for Kisses: Whose Skin is Smoother” down at the bottom. This short video will bring Freud’s controversial theories to vivid and memorable life.

So writes Miss Conduct.

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