Steven and Joe are very bad roommates. Steven is incredibly disorganized and messy while Joe is compulsive in his work and insists that the room be completely tidy at all times. According to Freud, it is possible that both Steven and Joe are fixated at the ____ stage.

A. oral
B. phallic
C. anal
D. latency


Answer: C

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