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Famous Complexes in Psychology

A complex is a core pattern of emotions, memories, perceptions, and wishes in the personal unconscious organized around a common theme, such as power or status. Primarily a psychoanalytic term, it is found in the works of Jung and Freud. Name these psychological complexes.
Complexes can be named after people who are real, fictional, or mythological.
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Complexes Named After Males
Freud: A child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and hatred for the same-sex parent (Clue: King of Thebes)
Oedipus
Inferiority complex normally attributed to people of short stature
Napoleon
Describe a particular type of overambitious character, one who tries to "fly too high" (Clue: Son of Daedalus)
Icarus
Popular psychology concept of an adult who is socially immature and doesn't want to grow up (Clue: Fictional character)
Peter Pan
The desire, in a man, to have sex with many different female partners (Clue: Spanish libertine)
Don Juan
Mental disorder in which even muscular people want more muscles (aka muscle dysmorphia) (Clue: Aphrodite's mortal lover)
Adonis
 
 
Complexes Named After Concepts
A state of mind in which an individual holds a belief that they are destined to become a savior today or in the near future
Messiah
An unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility
God
Where a person creates a harmful situation so that they can be the one to resolve it (eg. a firefighter starts a fire)
Hero
Defense mechanism that develops over time to help a person cope with painful feelings of inferiority. Individuals typically come across as supercilious, haughty, and disdainful toward others.
Superiority
Complexes Named After Females
Jung: A girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father (Clue: Agamemnon's daughter)
Electra
Psychological phenomenon where someone's accurate prediction of a crisis is ignored or dismissed (Clue: Hector's sister)
Cassandra
The incestuous sexual desire of a mother towards her son (Clue: Queen of Thebes)
Jocasta
Psychological complex revolving around the petrification or freezing of human emotion (Clue: Gorgon)
Medusa
Women's fear of independence; an unconscious desire to be taken care of by others (Fairy tale character)
Cinderella
The sexual desire of a stepmother for her stepson (Clue: The wife of Perseus)
Phaedra
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2 Comments
interopia
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Level 90
Jan 7, 2022
Also try Famous Syndromes and Famous Effects!
auroradane122
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Level 44
Sep 8, 2025
It's always fun the read about the absolute bs Freud dreamed up
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