Human Growth and Development CLEP Test 2025 – 400 Free Practice Questions to Pass the Exam

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According to psychoanalytic theory, the primary source of conflict in the psychosexual stage of oral fixation is

Anal retentive

Fear of castration

Fear of the Oedipal complex

Fixation on oral pleasure

Psychoanalytic theory suggests that during the oral stage of psychosexual development, individuals may become fixated on oral pleasure due to overindulgence or deprivation in this area. Therefore, option D is the correct answer as it directly relates to the primary source of conflict in this stage.

Option A, anal retentive, refers to the second stage of psychosexual development, the anal stage, and is not relevant to the primary source of conflict in the oral stage.

Option B, fear of castration, is a concept from the Oedipal complex, which is associated with the phallic stage of psychosexual development, not the oral stage.

Option C, fear of the Oedipal complex, is incorrect as it is not a primary source of conflict in the oral stage.

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