According to Freud, a fixation occurs when what happens during psychosexual development?

• A. A person successfully resolves all conflicts at each psychosexual stage.
• B. A person experiences no anxiety during childhood.
• C. The ego completely dominates the id and superego.
• D. An individual becomes stuck at a particular stage because their needs were either overgratified or undergratified.

Answer: (D)

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1. Understand Freud's theory of psychosexual development, which proposes that personality develops through a series of stages, each focused on pleasure from a different part of the body.
2. Recognize that during each stage, an individual faces conflicts or challenges related to their needs and desires, which must be resolved to move on successfully.
3. Learn that a fixation occurs when an individual becomes 'stuck' at a particular stage because their needs were either overgratified (too much satisfaction) or undergratified (too little satisfaction).
4. Know that this fixation can influence adult personality and behavior, as unresolved conflicts from that stage continue to affect the person.
5. Therefore, the correct understanding is that fixation happens due to incomplete resolution of needs at a stage, not because of complete resolution, absence of anxiety, or dominance of the ego.