Jeffery and Molly are concerned that their son Marcus is still sucking his thumb at 5 years of age. They are more concerned that Marcus will, in fact, put anything in his mouth. Based on his behavior, we can say that Marcus has a(n):

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Marcus's behavior of sucking his thumb and tendency to put things in his mouth suggests an oral fixation. An oral fixation is a psychoanalytic term used to describe someone who has an excessive preoccupation with the mouth, stemming from early childhood experiences, such as insufficient or over-stimulated feeding.

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