Freud's Oral stage occurs from birth to 1 year and centers on mouth-based pleasure. Which stage is described?

• A. Oral Stage
• B. Anal Stage
• C. Phallic Stage
• D. Genital Stage

Answer: (A)

This question tests knowledge of Freud's psychosexual stages, focusing on infancy and how pleasure is derived. The oral stage is defined by pleasure centered on the mouth and occurs from birth to about one year, with sucking, biting, and chewing as primary activities. Because the description specifies mouth-based pleasure during the first year, it directly matches the oral stage. The other stages involve different ages and focus on other erogenous zones—anal with toilet-related pleasures around ages one to three, phallic with the genitals around ages three to six, and genital emerging at puberty—so they don’t fit the given description.