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What is the purpose of an item discrimination index and how is it calculated?


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Sexual Interests

The specific sexual preferences or desires an individual has toward certain activities, behaviors, or types of people.

Genital

Pertains to the sexual organs; in psychosexual development, the genital stage is the last of Freud's stages, occurring from puberty onwards, focusing on mature sexual relationships.

Oedipus Conflict

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.

Freud's Development

Freud's theory of psychosexual development posits that children pass through a series of stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital) where the libido's focus on different areas of the body influences personality.

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