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Freud Maintained That Personality Develops in a Series of Psychosexual

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Freud maintained that personality develops in a series of psychosexual stages. Name each of the stages in the order in which it appears and explain how a fixation at each stage might be manifest in an individual's personality.


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Latency Stage

In psychoanalytic theory, a period in childhood development characterized by a suppression of sexual impulses and a focus on expanding social contacts beyond the family.

Biological Urges

Innate drives or impulses stemming from biological needs that influence human behavior, such as hunger, thirst, and sexual desire.

Social Contacts

Interactions and connections with other people, ranging from casual acquaintances to close personal relationships.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory describing how personality develops through five stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) from infancy to adulthood.

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