A person who is rigid, compulsively neat, obstinate, and overly conscientious as an adult, may have started reacting this way in the anal stage of psychosexual development
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: T
FEEDBACK: One of the ways a child may react to the frustration of toilet training is to hold back or
retain the feces. Parents may become worried, even frantic, if the child goes days without a bowel movement. Thus, the child discovers a new method for securing parental attention and affection. This behavior is the basis for the development of an anal retentive personality. The anal retentive person is
likely to be rigid, compulsively neat, obstinate, and overly conscientious.
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