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Angelica is 3 years old and says frequently that she wants to "marry daddy." according to the psychoanalytic theory, this is a manifestation of:

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Is this multiple choice?

I believe the answer is Electra complex.
If it was a boy that wants his mother, that would be the Oedipus complex, but maybe Oedipus complex applies to girls too according to Freud.

Sigmund Freud came up with these theories.
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User Angelin Nadar
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This is a manifestation of the Elektra copmlex.
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User Vizjerei
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