An Adaptive Custom Is One That __________

question 16

Multiple Choice

An adaptive custom is one that __________.

• A) enhances survival and reproduction
• B) changes with other cultural fluctuations
• C) persists over several generations
• D) was learned from other cultures

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Definitions:

Phallic Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development, occurring roughly between the ages of three and six, where the libido's focus is on the genital organs.

Gender Identity

An individual's personal sense of their own gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Psychoanalytic Therapy

A therapeutic approach that explores how unconscious thoughts and childhood experiences affect current behavior and mental health.

Freud's Views

The theories proposed by Sigmund Freud that emphasize the unconscious mind, sexual and aggressive instincts, and childhood experiences in shaping personality.