According to Freud, a child settles into a supposedly nonsexual __________, in preparation for the genital stage, which begins at puberty and leads to adult sexuality

a. latency stage
b. oral stage
c. anal stage
d. phallic stage


Answer: a

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a. reality therapy. c. psychoanalysis. b. insight therapy. d. behavior therapy.

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