Two-year-old Jonathan knows he is not allowed to have a second piece of candy. When his mother is distracted, he takes another piece out of the candy jar, just to see if he can get away with it. Jonathan is in the ________ stage of development.
A) phallic
B) oral
C) anal
D) latency

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Jonathan is in the anal stage of development according to Freud's psychosexual stages. This stage occurs roughly between the ages of 18 months and 3 years, where the focus of the libido is on controlling bladder and bowel movements. The behavior described, testing limits and rules, is characteristic of behaviors explored during the anal stage.

Two-Year-Old Jonathan Knows He Is Not Allowed to Have a Second