Freud's Psychosexual Developmental Theory

Question 1

First stage?

Answer 1

Oral

Birth – 1 year

Question 2

Second stage?

Answer 2

Anal

1 – 3 years

Question 3

Third stage?

Answer 3

Phallic

3 – 6 years

Question 4

Fourth stage?

Answer 4

Latency

6 – 11 years

Question 5

Fifth stage?

Answer 5

Genital

Adolescence

Question 6

What is the ORAL stage?

Answer 6

The new ego directs the baby’s sucking activities towards breast or bottle.
If oral needs are not met appropriately, the individual may develop such
habits as thumb sucking, fingernail biting, overeating, or smoking.

Question 7

What is the ANAL stage?

Answer 7

Toddlers and preschoolers enjoy holding and releasing urine and faeces. If parents toilet train before children are ready or make too few demands, conflicts about anal control may appear in the form of extreme orderliness or disorder.

Question 8

What is the PHALLIC stage?

Answer 8

As preschoolers take pleasure in genital stimulation, Freud’s Oedipus conflict for boys and Electra conflict for girls arise: children feel a sexual desire
for the other-sex parent. To avoid punishment, they give up this desire and adopt the same-sex parent’s characteristics and values. As a result, the superego is formed, and children feel guilty when they violate its standards.

Question 9

What is the LATENCY stage?

Answer 9

Sexual instincts die down, and the superego strengthens as the child acquires new social values from adults and same-sex peers.

Question 10

What is the GENITAL stage?

Answer 10

With puberty, the sexual impulses reappear. Successful development during earlier stages leads to marriage, mature sexuality, and child rearing.