Charlotte Is Excessively Needy and Smokes Cigarettes Constantly to Ease

question 124

Multiple Choice

Charlotte is excessively needy and smokes cigarettes constantly to ease her anxiety. According to the psychodynamic theory of personality,Charlotte may be fixated at the
________ stage of psychosocial development.

• A) anal
• B) oral
• C) phallic
• D) genital

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Definitions:

Genomic Imprinting

An epigenetic phenomenon by which certain genes are expressed in a parent-of-origin-specific manner.

Epigenetics

The study of heritable changes in gene expression that do not involve changes to the DNA sequence.

General Transcriptional Machinery

A complex of proteins and enzymes in cells necessary for the transcription of DNA into RNA, involving various transcription factors and RNA polymerase.

Regulatory Proteins

Proteins that control the expression of genes, the activity of enzymes, and the flow of signals in cells, maintaining homeostasis and coordinating biological processes.