Freud's Pyschosexual Development Flashcards
Infant’s mouth is the focus of libidinal gratification
Oral Stage
An overly optimistic adult focused on oral gratification fixation
Oral Passive -oral sexual practices
term used by psychoanalytic theory to describe the energy created by the sexual and survival instincts
libido
Infant’s erogenous zone is is in the bowel and bladder control (anus).
Anal Stage
Anal Stage Fixation
Anal Retentive: exclusively organized and neat
Anal Expulsive: reckless, careless
seeks pleasure and demands the immediate satisfaction of its desires
Id
part of the personality charged with harnessing the Id’s libidinal energy and make sure all these urges are expressed in acceptable ways
Ego
involves the ideals and morals internalized from patents, authority, figures and society
Superego
Infant’s erogenous zone is the genitals, child begins to discover the differences between males and females
Phallic Stage
Phallic Fixation wherein the child is wanting to possess the mother and the desire to replace the father
The Oedipus Complex
the term where a child fears to be punished in the Oedipus Complex
Castration Anxiety
Phallic Fixation wherein girls are ‘penis envy’
The Electra Complex
Child must derive sexual pleasure from external activities, such as schooling, friendships, hobbies. Sexual feelings are inactive
Latent Stage
Centered upon the genitalia, but the sexuality is consensual and adult. The goal is to establish a balance between various life areas
Genital Stage
A term given when someone is stuck in a specific stage or carried over certain behaviors and habits through adulthood
Fixation
