While 77 Percent of Adults in the United States Own

question 104

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While 77 percent of adults in the United States own a smartphone, less than 25 percent of them use their smartphone to make purchases.

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Definitions:

Phallic Stage

Freudian concept indicating the third stage of child psychosexual development, where the libido (sexual energy) focuses on genital organs.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, originating from Austria and a neurologist by profession, introduced the concept of psychoanalysis, which involves treating mental health issues via dialogue with a psychoanalyst.

Psychosexual Stages

A central element of Freudian theory positing that individual personality development occurs through five stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) from infancy to adulthood, each focusing on sexual pleasure from different body areas.

Id

Within the psychoanalytic framework, this refers to the segment of the psyche where innate primal impulses and fundamental processes become apparent.