During her childhood, Katia was openly rebellious and threw tantrums. As an adult, she is unorganized and destructive. In Freud's view, she is fixated in the ________ stage.

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Freud's psychosexual stages of development suggest that individuals who are fixated in the anal stage, which occurs roughly between the ages of 18 months and three years, may exhibit traits such as messiness, destructiveness, or stubbornness in adulthood. This is because the anal stage is focused on bowel and bladder elimination, with the main conflict being toilet training. Katia's behaviors as an adult align with the characteristics of anal stage fixation.

During Her Childhood, Katia Was Openly Rebellious and Threw Tantrums