castration anxiety

fear of injury to or loss of the genitals. In the pregenital phase posited by Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the various losses and deprivations experienced by the infant boy may give rise to the fear that he will also lose his penis.

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April 29th 2024

multifactorial model

a model of inheritance positing that the genetic and environmental causes of a trait constitute a single continuous variable, the liability, and that if that liability is exceeded, the trait will manifest itself.