Multiple Choice
According to Sigmund Freud's psychodynamic perspective, which structure of personality operates on the pleasure principle and seeks immediate gratification?
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The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality
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Which theorist is credited with proposing the psychosexual stages of development?
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Alfred Adler
B
Erik Erikson
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Sigmund Freud
D
Carl Jung
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Understand that the question asks about the theorist who proposed the psychosexual stages of development, which is a concept in developmental psychology focusing on how personality develops through childhood stages centered on erogenous zones.
Recall that Alfred Adler is known for his theory of individual psychology and concepts like the inferiority complex, not psychosexual stages.
Recognize that Erik Erikson proposed the psychosocial stages of development, which focus on social and emotional challenges across the lifespan, distinct from psychosexual stages.
Identify that Carl Jung contributed to analytical psychology, focusing on concepts like the collective unconscious, but did not propose psychosexual stages.
Conclude that Sigmund Freud is the theorist credited with proposing the psychosexual stages of development, which include stages such as oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital.
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