Four-year-old Chuck has been heard to say,"When I grow up,I'm going to marry Mommy." Recently,however,he has begun to pretend-shave with his father in the mornings and comb his hair the way his father does.Freud would say that Chuck is experiencing:
A)the Oedipus conflict.
B)the beginning of the genital stage of psychosexual development.
C)neediness due to an oral fixation.
D)a latent period of psychosexual growth.

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Chuck's behavior indicates that he is in the phallic stage of psychosexual development, during which children experience the Oedipus conflict - the desire for the opposite-sex parent and rivalry with the same-sex parent. Chuck's desire to marry his mother and imitate his father's grooming behavior is indicative of this stage.

Four-Year-Old Chuck Has Been Heard to Say,"When I Grow Up,I'm