A person who is stubborn or stingy may be described as an oral retentive person
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: F
FEEDBACK: One of the ways a child may react to the frustration of toilet training is to hold back or retain the feces. Parents may become worried, even frantic, if the child goes days without a bowel movement. Thus, the child discovers a new method for securing parental attention and affection. This behavior is the basis for the development of an anal retentive personality. Such a person becomes stubborn and stingy and hoards or retains things.
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