Freud Believed That Adolescence Was a Distinctive Stage Because

question 22

Multiple Choice

Freud believed that adolescence was a distinctive stage because:

• A) only then can an individual fully differentiate from his/her parent.
• B) of the heightened emotionality of this stage.
• C) the id, ego, and superego become balanced after the imbalance of middle childhood.
• D) at this time an individual can finally fulfill the drive to reproduce the species.

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