Stevie Barker talks incessantly from morning until night. He also weighs 350 pounds and is a heavy drinker. When Stevie's collea
gue tells his analyst about Stevie, the analyst would likely say _______. a. "Stevie's id has defective controls"b. "Stevie's Oedipus complex is not resolved"c. "Stevie has too much libido"d. "Stevie has an oral fixation"
<em>Oral fixation</em> occurs in the oral stage of development and is characterized by obsessive mouth stimulation. The most commonly suggested trigger for this type of fixation is when a child has a<em> problem during the weaning stage;</em> either being weaned too early or too late. Later in life, such a child may develop an obsession with activities that involve the mouth such as <em>over-eating which leads up to being overweight, talking excessively, excessive drinking and in some cases a smoking addiction.</em>
Steve activities are all spinning around his mouth. According to Freud, activities like drinking, eating, talking are always over-compensations to lack of nurturing during oral stage of child development.
