psychodynamic approach- psychosexual stages

Question 1

oral stage-age

Answer 1

18 months

Question 2

oral stage-erogenous zone

Answer 2

mouth

Question 3

oral stage-key experience

Answer 3

• suckling, chewing
• still dependant on Mum
• mothers breast is object of desire

Question 4

oral stage-fixation

Answer 4

• can become chain smoker
• sensitive to rejection
• over drinking

Question 5

anal stage-age

Answer 5

18 months-3 years

Question 6

anal stage-erogenous zone

Answer 6

anus

Question 7

anal stage-key experience

Answer 7

• potty trained

- feel in control

Question 8

anal stage-fixation

Answer 8

• anally expulsive-messy

- anally retentive-uptight

Question 9

phallic stage-age

Answer 9

3-5 years

Question 10

phallic stage-erogenous zone

Answer 10

genitals

Question 11

phallic stage-key experience

Answer 11

feel hatred towards same sex parent and sexual feelings for opposite sex parents

Question 12

phallic stage-fixation

Answer 12

phallic personality- narcissistic,reckless, homosexual

Question 13

latency stage-age

Answer 13

6-12 years

Question 14

latency stage-key experience

Answer 14

same-sex friendships

Question 15

genital stage-age

Answer 15

puberty onwards

Question 16

genital stage-erogenous zone

Answer 16

genitals

Question 17

genital stage-key experience

Answer 17

developing healthy adult relationships

Question 18

genital stage-fixation

Answer 18

unresolved conflict=difficulty forming hetrosexual relationships

Question 19

penis envy

Answer 19

• the feeling of longing that young people assigned female at birth feel when they don’t have a penis
• 6 years old-puberty (phallic stage)

Question 20

oedipus complex

Answer 20

• a desire for sexual involvement with the parent of the opposite sex, and a rivalry with the other parent
• 6 years old-puberty (phallic stage)

Question 21

castration anxiety

Answer 21

• a boys fear of being castrated as punishment for incestuous wishes towards the mother
• phallic stage

Question 22

fixation

Answer 22

• if you become stuck at a certain stage

- any stage

Question 23

electra complex

Answer 23

• a girls sense of competition with her mother for the affections of the father
• 6 years old- puberty (phallic stage)