Fred is overweight and continually overeats. He abuses alcohol, smokes and bites his nails. Freud would theorize that these behaviors are likely the result of

a. an anal fixation. c. an oral fixation.
b. regression to the phallic stage. d. a failure to resolve the Oedipus conflict.


C

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