A Hustler

question 14

Multiple Choice

A hustler:

• A) works primarily out of a brothel.
• B) charges the most of all sex workers for services.
• C) contacts customers in person, such as on the streets or in bars.
• D) often comes from a middle-class background.

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Definitions:

Fixated

Describes a psychological state or condition where an individual becomes obsessively focused on an object, subject, or activity.

Oral Stage

A phase in Freud's psychosexual development theory occurring from birth to about 18 months, where an infant's pleasure centers on the mouth.

Defense Mechanisms

Unconscious psychological strategies brought into play by the mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.