Who introduced the Electra complex?

Who introduced the Electra complex?

• A. Erik Erikson
• B. Alfred Adler
• C. Carl Jung
• D. Sigmund Freud

Answer: (C)

Carl Jung introduced the term Electra complex. He used it to describe a girl's psychosexual dynamics in which she feels rivalry with her mother for her father’s attention and then identity with the mother, shaping later gender identity. This concept mirrors Freud’s Oedipus complex for boys, but the term itself comes from Jung’s analytic psychology work. Freud talked about female development and penis envy but did not coin the Electra complex. The other theorists listed are associated with different ideas—Erikson with psychosocial stages and Adler with individual psychology—so Jung is the one who introduced this specific concept.

Carl Jung introduced the term Electra complex. He used it to describe a girl's psychosexual dynamics in which she feels rivalry with her mother for her father’s attention and then identity with the mother, shaping later gender identity. This concept mirrors Freud’s Oedipus complex for boys, but the term itself comes from Jung’s analytic psychology work. Freud talked about female development and penis envy but did not coin the Electra complex. The other theorists listed are associated with different ideas—Erikson with psychosocial stages and Adler with individual psychology—so Jung is the one who introduced this specific concept.