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What did Freud mean when he described sexual behavior as fixation?

A) The individual has successfully resolved the conflict that is present at a particular stage.
B) Excessive attention is paid to the penis during the genital stage of development.
C) Too much libido is invested in a given stage of psychosexual development.
D) He meant the development of extreme disgust of one's self.

Psychosexual Development

A theory introduced by Sigmund Freud that describes how personality develops during childhood through a series of stages centered on erogenous zones.

Fixation

In psychoanalytic theory, leaving a disproportionate share of one’s libido behind at an earlier stage of development.

Libido

A term in psychoanalytic theory for the energy of the sexual drive as a component of the life instinct.

  • Identify and explain Freud's psychosexual stages of development.
  • Recognize the implications of Freud’s ideas about the oral and anal stages on personality development.
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