According to Freud, Avoidance of Situations Due to Fear Serves

question 162

Multiple Choice

According to Freud, avoidance of situations due to fear serves the purpose of

• A)avoiding social interactions.
• B)avoiding openly dealing with repressed conflicts.
• C)developing a closer relationship with the mother through identification.
• D)mastering the earlier fears of the anal stage of psychosexual development.

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