According to Tom's psychoanalyst, he was traumatized during the anal stage of his psychosexual development, which accounts for Tom's tightwad habits. Which of the following would be Freud's term for Tom's behavior?

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Freud believed that during the anal stage, children experience pleasure and frustration related to control and elimination of feces. If a child experiences excessive frustration during this stage, it can lead to them being overly rigid and tightly controlled in other areas of their life, including being extremely frugal or "anal retentive."

According to Tom's Psychoanalyst, He Was Traumatized During the Anal