Dan plays the trumpet, is on the debate team, bites his nails, and chews gum. Freud might say Dan was fixated in the ________ stage.

A) oral
B) anal
C) phallic
D) genital

Fixated

An intense focus or obsession on a particular object, concept, or person, often to the exclusion of other considerations.

Oral Stage

A term used in Freudian psychology to describe the first stage of psychosexual development, where pleasure centers on the mouth.

Freud

Also known as the father of psychoanalysis, Freud developed theories on the unconscious mind, mechanisms of repression, and the importance of dreams.