Sigmund Freud
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With reference to Sigmund Freud's Psychosexual Development Theory, if a childhood student exhibits extreme indiscipline, stubbornness, a tendency to hoard objects, and extreme behaviors of either excessive cleanliness or disorderliness, according to Freud's theory, the root cause of this developmental fixation in the student's personality would be considered maladjustment in which stage?
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Understanding Freud's Psychosexual Stages
According to Sigmund Freud's theory of psychosexual development, the Anal Stage typically occurs from about 1.5 to 3 years of age, where the child's focus is centered on bowel and bladder control.
- Toilet Training Impact: Excessive strictness or extreme leniency by parents during toilet training leads to fixation at this stage.
- Behavioral Outcomes: Fixation can manifest as anal-retentive traits (extreme orderliness, stubbornness, stinginess) or anal-expulsive traits (messiness, disorganization, impulsivity).
Therefore, the described behaviors strongly indicate a fixation rooted in maladjustment during the Anal Stage.
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