How does the quality of sexual gratification differ in the genital stage from previous stages?
What will be an ideal response?
Earlier attachments were narcissistic (child was interested only in her or his own sexual pleasure); other people were of interest only if they furthered child's own pleasure. In the genital stage, a desire to share mutual sexual gratification with someone else develops, and the individual becomes capable of loving others, not only for selfish reasons, but also for altruistic reasons.
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A child in the preoperational period is characterized by all of the following cognitive
characteristics EXCEPT a. object permanence. b. simple counting ability. c. invertible operations. d. egocentrism. e. use of signs.