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According to freud, boys are most likely to experience the oedipus complex during the ________ stage.

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The answer is the phallic stage. The infant's desire centers upon his or her genitalia as the erogenous zone. The phallic stage in Freudian psychoanalysis, and in the third phase of a psychosexual growth, crossing the ages of three to six years.

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