Complex (psychology) experiences that affect the psyche. Although they are normal, negative complexes can cause us pain and suffering. One of the key differences between Jungian and Freudian theory is that Jung's thought posits several different kinds of complex. Freud only focused on the Oedipus complex which reflected developmental challenges that face every young boy. He did not take other complexes into account except for the Electra complex, which he briefly spoke of (Carlini, 2005). After years of working together, Jung broke from Freud, due to disagreements in their ideas, and they each developed their own theories. Jung wanted to distinguish between
Oedipus in the Trobriands Badcock in the "British Journal of Sociology", and John S. Matthiasson in the "Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology". Badcock compared Spiro's criticism of Malinowski in "Oedipus in the Trobriands" to anthropologist Freeman's criticism of Mead in "Margaret Mead and Samoa" (1983), crediting Spiro with exposing the "glaring contradictions, obvious fallacies and supported assertions" in Malinowski's work. Badcock wrote that while Spiro's conclusions would come as a surprise to many anthropologists, Spiro fully authenticated them. Badcock praised Spiro's discussion of the "universality of the Oedipus complex". Matthiasson called "Oedipus in the Trobriands" "tightly reasoned" and an "important book" that forces