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Child development has been described as a series of psychosexual stages. These can be outlined as oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. Each one plays a role in adult personality that can be determined by age 50. This theory of stages was explained in 1915 by whom?
  1. Sigmund Freud
  2. B.F. Skinner
  3. Erik Erikson
  4. John B. Watson
Explanation
Answer: A -In Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, Freud describes how adult personalities develop from childhood. If all psychosexual stages are completed successfully, an adult will have a healthy personality. Should a child get fixated on one stage, the result could be abnormal behavior later in life. This theory is both widely known and controversial.
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