Identify the correct sequence of Freud's psychosexual stage theory of personality development:
(A) Anal Stage
(B) Phallic Stage
(C) Oral Stage
(D) Latency Stage
(E) Genital
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (A), (B), (D), (E)
Freud proposed a five-stage theory of personality development, in which problems at any stage may arrest development.
(C) Oral Stage — the first stage: a newborn’s instincts are focused on the mouth, and the infant gets gratification through feeding, thumb sucking, biting and babbling.
(A) Anal Stage — around ages two and three, the child learns to respond to the demands of society, such as control over bodily functions of urination and defecation.
(B) Phallic Stage — at around ages four and five the focus is on the genitals and children realise the differences between males and females; the Oedipus complex (for girls, the Electra complex) arises and is resolved in this stage.
(D) Latency Stage — from about seven years until puberty, a period of relative calm in which the child’s energy is channelled into social or achievement-related activities.
(E) Genital — the last stage, in which the person attains maturity in psychosexual development and learns to deal with members of the opposite sex in a socially and sexually mature way.
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