Question

Which stage of Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development is characterized by a boy developing unconscious sexual desires for his mother ?

• A. Latency Stage
• B. Anal Stage
• C. Phallic Stage
• D. Oral Stage

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Phallic Stage

• Freud believed that we develop through stages based upon a particular erogenous (part of the body sensitive to sexual stimulation) zone.
• In the stage being described above, the boy views his father as competition for his mother’s affection.
• Phallic Stage. According to Freud’s theory, the boy will identify with his father and develops masculine characteristics and suppresses his sexual feelings towards his mother.