Five-year-old Larry has been doing everything that his dad does.Larry's dad has a successful construction business,and Larry proudly wears his own company hat and tool belt everywhere his mother lets him.Freud would call Larry's dress preferences a sign of:

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Freud's theory of identification suggests that children imitate and identify with their same-sex parent in order to develop their gender identity. Larry's behavior of wearing his dad's construction company hat and tool belt is an example of identification with his father's masculine gender role. Regression refers to returning to an earlier stage of development, and fixation is becoming stuck at an earlier stage of development, neither of which apply to Larry's behavior.

Five-Year-Old Larry Has Been Doing Everything That His Dad Does