Psychoanalytic researchers have used the results of studies on the frequencies of male and female dream characters to support which aspect of Freud's theory?

A) Repression
B) The Oedipus complex
C) Projection
D) The pleasure principle

Oedipus Complex

In psychoanalytic theory, a child's emotions and unconscious desires towards their opposite-sex parent and jealousy and rivalry with their same-sex parent.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that describes the driving force behind human behavior to seek pleasure and avoid pain.

Psychoanalytic Researchers

Individuals who study the unconscious mind and the theoretical framework developed by Sigmund Freud to understand human behavior and cognition.