Question

According to Freud’s stages of psychosexual development, which of the following best indicates that 23-year-old Elliot is fixated at the phallic stage?

Answer 1

Answer:

Phallic stage fixation

Explanation:

According to Freud, there are five stages of psycho-sexual development:

• Oral stage:

Stronger tendency to smoke, drink alcohol, overeating, bite his or her nail.

• An-al stage:

Obsession with cleanliness, perfection, and control (an-al retentive) and on the opposite side become messy and disorganized (explosive an-al).

• Phallic stage:

Sexual deviance (both overindulges and avoidance) or confuse about sexual identity.

• Latent stage:

Sexual urges repressed and play with same-sex.

• Genital stage:

Direct urges on opposite sex and primary focus on gen-ital.