One night a young boy has an opportunity to catch a glimpse of his mother undressing through a slim crack in her bedroom door and he gets an erection.Thereafter he has erotic fantasies about his mother.Which theorist would classify this as an important stage of sexual development?

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One night a young boy has an opportunity to catch a glimpse of his mother undressing through a slim crack in her bedroom door and he gets an erection.Thereafter he has erotic fantasies about his mother.Which theorist would classify this as an important stage of sexual development?

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Freudian theory includes the Oedipus complex, which involves a child's unconscious sexual desire for their opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent. This stage is considered important in human sexual development according to Freudian theory.

One Night a Young Boy Has an Opportunity to Catch