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    Freud believed that personality develops through five psychosexual stages - oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. In each stage, the libido or pleasure focus is in a different erogenous zone. Fixation can occur if needs are under- or over-gratified in a stage, resulting in unresolved conflicts. The phallic stage involves the Oedipus complex where children desire the opposite-sex parent. Resolving this helps one identify with the same-sex parent and progress to the latency stage of sublimated interests, then the genital stage of mature relationships. Unresolved fixation impacts adult personality.

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    Freud believed that personality develops through five psychosexual stages - oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. In each stage, the libido or pleasure focus is in a different erogenous zone. Fixation can occur if needs are under- or over-gratified in a stage, resulting in unresolved conflicts. The phallic stage involves the Oedipus complex where children desire the opposite-sex parent. Resolving this helps one identify with the same-sex parent and progress to the latency stage of sublimated interests, then the genital stage of mature relationships. Unresolved fixation impacts adult personality.

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    Freud believed that personality develops through five psychosexual stages - oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. In each stage, the libido or pleasure focus is in a different erogenous zone. Fixation can occur if needs are under- or over-gratified in a stage, resulting in unresolved conflicts. The phallic stage involves the Oedipus complex where children desire the opposite-sex parent. Resolving this helps one identify with the same-sex parent and progress to the latency stage of sublimated interests, then the genital stage of mature relationships. Unresolved fixation impacts adult personality.

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    Psychosexual

    Development
    Theory of Sigmund Freud
    What is psychosexual
    development?
     Freud believed that adult
    personality problems were
    the result of early
    experiences in life.
     He believed that we go
    through five stages of
    psychosexual development
    and that at each stage of
    development we
    experience pleasure in one
    part of the body than in
    others.
    What are erogenous zones?
     Erogenous zones
    are parts of the
    body that have
    especially strong
    pleasure-giving
    qualities at
    particular stages of
    development.
    What is psychosexual
    development?
     Freud thought that
    our adult personality
    is determined by the
    way we resolve
    conflicts between
    these early sources
    of pleasure—the
    mouth, the anus and
    the genitals—and the
    demands of reality.
    What is fixation?
     Fixation is the
    psychoanalytic
    defense
    mechanism that
    occurs when the
    individual remains
    locked in an
    earlier
    developmental
    stage because
    needs are under-
    or over-gratified
    Examples of fixation
     Weaning a child too
    early or until too late
     Being too strict in toilet
    training the child
     Punishing the child for
    masturbation
     Smothering the child
    with too much
    attention
    Stages of
    Psychosexual Development
    I. Oral Stage
     It occurs during the
    first 18 months of life
    when the infant’s
    pleasure centers on
    the mouth.
     Chewing, sucking
    and biting are chief
    sources of pleasure
    and these actions
    reduces tension in
    the infant.
    Fixations at oral stage:
    Fixations at oral stage:
    II. Anal Stage
     It is the second stage
    of oral development
    that occurs between 1
    ½ until 3 years of age,
    in which the child’s
    greatest pleasure
    involves the anus or
    the eliminative
    functions associated
    with it.
    II. Anal Stage
     In Freud’s view, the
    exercise of anal
    muscles reduces
    tension.
    II. Anal Stage
     Through toilet
    training, the
    child comes in
    contact with the
    rules of society.
    Fixations at anal stage:
    Fixations at anal stage:
    III. Phallic Stage
     It occurs between the
    ages of 3-6.
     The word “phallic” comes
    the Latin word “phallus,”
    which means “penis.”
     During this stage,
    pleasure focuses on the
    genitals as the child
    discovers that self-
    stimulation is enjoyable.
    Importance of Phallic Stage
     In Freud’s view, the
    phallic stage has a
    special importance in
    personality
    development because
    this period triggers
    the Oedipus
    Complex.
    What is the Oedipus Complex?
     The Oedipus
    Complex is the
    young child’s
    development of an
    intense desire to
    replace the parent
    of the same sex
    and enjoy the
    affection of the
    opposite-sex
    parent.
    Resolving the Oedipus Complex
     At about 5-6 years of age,
    children recognize that their
    same-sex parent might punish
    them for their incestuous
    wishes.
     To reduce the conflict, the
    child identifies with the same-
    sex parent, striving to be like
    him/her.
     If the conflict is not resolved,
    the individual may become
    fixated at the phallic stage.
    Fixation at Phallic Stage
    Fixation at Phallic Stage
    IV. Latency Stage
     It occurs at
    approximately
    between 6 years of
    age until puberty.
     At this stage, the
    child represses all
    interest in
    sexuality and
    develops social and
    intellectual skills.
    IV. Latency Stage
     The pursuit of social
    and academic
    activities channels
    much of the child’s
    energy into
    emotionally safe
    areas and aids the
    child in forgetting
    the highly stressful
    conflicts of the
    phallic stage
    V. Genital Stage
     The final stage of
    psychosexual
    development occurs
    from puberty onwards.
     It is the time of sexual
    reawakening, but the
    source of sexual
    pleasure now becomes
    someone outside the
    family.
    V. Genital Stage
     Freud believed that
    unresolved conflicts
    with parents re-
    emerged during
    adolescence.
     Once resolved, Freud
    believed that the
    individual capable of
    developing a mature
    love relationship and
    functioning
    independently as an
    adult.
    Freud’s
    sexual
    fixation

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