One of your neighbors can best be described as a slob. He smells because he doesn't bathe, he leaves every dish he owns sitting in his kitchen sink, and he just throws his garbage into the yard. The Board of Health is contemplating condemning his house

Freud would trace your neighbor's behavior to

a. an unresolved Oedipal complex.
b. fixation in the anal stage of development.
c. a strong libido.
d. his dreams.


Answer: b. fixation in the anal stage of development.

Psychology

You might also like to view...

When does the second intellectual growth spurt occur?

a. Age 6 b. Age 7-8 c. Age 10-11 d. Age 12-13

Psychology

The ability to recognize and regulate emotions in yourself and others is called emotional __________.

A. lability B. regulation C. appraisal D. intelligence

Psychology

The dream I had last night is best described as an example of a(n)

A) ?extraneous behavior. B) ?establishing operation. C) ?covert behavior. D) ?overt behavior.

Psychology

The evolutionary process by which heritable traits that best enable organisms to survive and reproduce in particular environments are passed to ensuing generations is called:

A. evolutionary adaptation. B. natural selection. C. natural adaptation. D. evolutionary psychology.

Psychology