Jolene comes home from a hard day at school and complains that Bill, a fellow sixth-grader she likes, doesn’t seem to like her. In fact, she says, he isn’t interested in any girls and all he seems to want to do is solve math problems and play kickball. Jolene’s mother just laughs and says, “Bill must still be in the ____.”
a. ?oral stage
b. ?anal stage
c. ?latency period
d. ?genital stage
ANSWER:
c
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