... mother (or father in females) (Boeree, 1997). After the first three stages of psychosexual development is the latent stage, which lasts until puberty. During this stage, there is little sexual impulse. Freud believed that this was so learning could occur with sexual distraction .The latent stage leads into the genital stage. This stage begins at the same time as puberty and lasts for ... abated. Freud also believed that dreams provided a window into the unconscious, so dream interpretation played a big role in his therapies. He believed that dreams contained both manifest and latent con...

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