Identifying with One's Opposite-Sex Parent Occurs in Which Psychosexual Stage

question 64

Multiple Choice

Identifying with one's opposite-sex parent occurs in which psychosexual stage?

• A)oral
• B)anal
• C)phallic
• D)genital

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Definitions:

Phatic Function

One of Jakobson’s semiotic functions. Keeps participants in communication “on track” by establishing how communication will take place.

Semioticians Study

The examination of signs and symbols as significant elements of communication and the ways they are interpreted within cultural and social contexts.

Interpretation and Meaning

The process of explaining or providing the significance of something, such as data or events, often involving personal judgment or contextual analysis.

Dramatistic Analysis

Analyzing communication as performance, as actors acting out a drama; sometimes called dramatism. For example, Burke’s dramatistic pentad asks questions such as these: What act is taking place? Who is taking this action? How or by what means did the act take place? Where and when did the act take place? Why was the act done?