According to Freud, children at this stage of development repress sexual interests and instead focus on developing cognitive and interpersonal skills:
A) genital
B) latency
C) phallic
D) anal

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As presented in the textbook, in the latency stage a child represses sexual interests and instead focuses on developing cognitive and interpersonal skills. The genital stage, in contrast, involves a reemergence of sexual impulses. During the anal stage, the focus is on elimination functions, and during the phallic stage, a child's pleasure focuses on the genitals.

According to Freud, Children at This Stage of Development Repress