According to Freud, during the school-age years, children who all been previously sexually active enter a latency period in which they repress their sexuality. Research has demonstrated that this conceptualization is

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Research has shown that children's early sexual activity appears to continue during the school-age years, contradicting Freud's idea of a latency period. This suggests that children do not completely repress their sexuality during this time but instead continue to explore and engage in sexual activity. Option A is incorrect because it suggests that Freud's conceptualization is entirely accurate, which is not supported by research. Option B is incorrect because it suggests that children younger than school age are interested in sexual activity, which is not necessarily true. Option D is incorrect because it suggests that the main change in sexual behavior during school age is an increase in public sexual activity, which is not supported by research.

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