Ed is five years-old and has a crush on his mother. He is resentful of the time his father spends with her and competes for her attention. Which stage is Ed in?

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Ed is in the phallic stage of psychosexual development, according to Freudian theory. This stage occurs roughly between the ages of 3 and 6 years and is characterized by a child's interest in their genitalia and the development of strong attachments to the parent of the opposite sex, known as the Oedipus complex for boys and the Electra complex for girls.

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