( FREUD ) Psychosexual Stages Of Development

Question 1

What makes a personality unique ?

Answer 1

• Freud links understanding the uniqueness of personalities to infancy and childhood (stems from).

Question 2

Psychosexual stages

Answer 2

• Each stage presents unique challenges . If successfully overcome a fully mature personality is developed.
• Failure to overcome challenge leads to fixations related to stage.

Question 3

What are the 5 stages ?

Answer 3

1) Oral
2) Anal
3) Phallic
4) Latency
5) Genital

Question 4

Oral

Answer 4

• Life centres around mouth
• Nursing : main source of connection + satisfaction
• Challenge : Weaning ( stop breast feeding )
• Failure : Become fixated at oral stage ; Adults possess feelings of dependency and hopelessness.

Question 5

Anal

Answer 5

• Potty training
• Challenge : Control
• Failed :
  1. Anal expulsive : Messy, Rebellious against parents
  2. Anal retentive : Obsessed with control , order , cleanliness

Question 6

Phallic

Answer 6

• Realization of genitals
• Challenge : Wants to unconsciously be with the opposite sex parent. Becomes jealous of same sex parent.
• Failure : ( Men ) Low self-confidence, constantly competes for attention ; ( Women ) Penis envy .

Question 7

Latency

Answer 7

• Superego
• “Cootie stage” : Developing same sex relationships

Question 8

Genital

Answer 8

• Directs sexual impulses towards opposite sex
• Maturing relationships