Summarize Freud's stages of psychosexual development. How does one normally progress through the stages? What happens if a stage is not successfully resolved?
What will be an ideal response?
* During the oral stage, the focus is on the mouth and pleasure-seeking activity.
* During the anal stage, the focus is on the anus, and conflict often arises during toilet training.
* During the phallic stage, the genital organs become the focus of pleasure-seeking activity.
* The latency stage is characterized by low levels of sexual activity.
* The genital stage normally leads to appropriate adult sexual development.
* If a particular stage is not resolved successfully, the individual tends to display behaviors during adulthood that are associated with that particular stage (e.g., overeating as a result of fixation at the oral stage).
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a. constantly seek therapy compared to Whites and other minority groups. b. never follow up on their first visit by returning for additional sessions. c. avoid doctors who are from the same ethnic and racial background as themselves. d. keep their distress hidden and only reveal this distress to close family members.
Which of the following is an effective thesis statement?
a. Two types of thinking b. Critical thinking and creative thinking go hand in hand c. The relationship between critical thinking and creative thinking
One criticism of Vygotsky's theory is that it has little support from research
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Barney loves sex, but the only way he can achieve sexual excitement is to fondle women's shoes. His disorder is known as ______
a. voyeurism c. sadomasochism b. pedophilia d. fetishism