Nine-year-old Timmy only wants to play with other boys because he thinks that girls are "gross." Which of the psychosexual stages is Timmy probably experiencing?

A) anal
B) latency
C) genital
D) phallic


B) latency. During the latency stage, sexual impulses and urges are repressed.

Psychology

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