Psychosexual Stages of Development Fill in the appropriate psychosexual stage fo

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Psychosexual Stages of Development

Fill in the appropriate psychosexual stage for the following descriptions.

The _______ stage focuses on mature sexual relationships.

A third grader still sucks their thumb. They may have a(n) _______ fixation.

An adult who exhibits a lack of self-discipline and messiness may have struggled with toilet training. This person may have experienced difficulty in the _______ stage

A child tends to prefer the parent of the opposite sex and views the same-sex parent as a threat. This conflict occurs in the _______ stage

Children tend to focus on peer relationships with same sex-friends and other nonsexual activities. This behavior occurs in the _______ stage.

Explanation / Answer

1. genital stage (the fifth stage, development occurring during adolescence)

2.oral (The initial phase of psychosexual development, the mouth is the primary source of gratification)

3.anal stage (the second stage of psychosexual development, the focus is on the elimination or holding onto faeces.)

4.phallic stage (the third stage in a child's development, awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure)

5.latency stage (the fourth period from about age 5 or 6 until puberty), sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities)

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