In Freud's view, the stage in which our sexual impulses awaken and are directed toward mature sexual interest in the opposite sex is the ________ stage.

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According to Freud's psychosexual theory, the stage in which individuals experience mature sexual interests in the opposite sex is called the genital stage. This stage begins after the latency stage (between ages 6 and puberty) and is marked by the development of adult sexuality and the emergence of conscious sexual impulses. The phallic stage, on the other hand, occurs earlier in development (ages 3-6) and involves the resolution of the Oedipus or Electra complex. The term libido refers to the energy or force that underlies all psychological activity.

In Freud's View, the Stage in Which Our Sexual Impulses