Freud believed that an individual's personality developed through stages of sexual instinct from birth to adulthood. This is known as the __________ theory of personality development

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


psychosexual
Freud believed that all individuals experience certain stages of psychosexual development to some degree. He believed that if these stages were not psychologically completed and released, a person could be emotionally halted in development, resulting in the excessive use of defense mechanisms to avoid anxiety produced during these stages.

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