A 26-month-old child often displays negative behavior, refuses to have anything to do with toilet
training, and often shouts "no!" when given direction.
By using Freud's stages of psychosexual
development, the nurse would assess the child's behavior as being consistent with the stage of
development termed
a. oral.
b. anal.
c. phallic.
d. genital.
ANS: B
The anal stage occurs from age 1 to 3 years and has as its focus toilet training and learning to delay
immediate gratification. Option B: The oral stage occurs between birth and 1 year. Options C and D:
The phallic stage occurs between 3 and 5 years, and the genital stage occurs between age 13 and 20
years.
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