During the first year of life, a child goes through the _____ stage, according to Freud.While between the ages of one and three years, the child is said to go through the _____ stage.

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During the first year of life, according to Freud, the child goes through the oral stage in which the mouth is the primary focus of pleasure. Between the ages of one and three years, the child goes through the anal stage, in which toilet training and control of bodily functions becomes the primary focus of pleasure. Choice A (phallic stage) and C (anal stage) are both partially correct in terms of identifying one of the two stages, but not both. Choice B (latency stage) is not relevant to the first years of life and therefore, is incorrect.

During the First Year of Life, a Child Goes Through