Question

Francis is passive, clingy, and dependent, with a pessimistic outlook on life. in which psychosexual stage might francis be fixated

Answer 1

The answer is "Oral".

Sigmund Freud recommended that mental and psychological improvement in youth happens in a progression of settled psychose*ual stages which are these five: oral, an*l, phallic, latency, and genital.

These are called psychose*ual stages in light of the fact that each stage speaks to the obsession or generally interpreted as sexual drives or senses on an alternate zone of the body.

Answer 2

Francis is fixated on the oral psychosexual stage. Orally fixated individuals tend to be passive, needy and does not like rejection. There are two forms of oral fixation:
Oral receptive personality -are usually preoccupied and reduces tension and anxiety through various forms of oral activities like smoking/drinking, eating and nail-biting.
Oral aggressive personality - individuals with this type of personality are usually hostile and verbally abusive towards others.