psychodynamic approach- psychosexual stages Flashcards
oral stage-age
18 months
oral stage-erogenous zone
mouth
oral stage-key experience
- suckling, chewing
- still dependant on Mum
- mothers breast is object of desire
oral stage-fixation
- can become chain smoker
- sensitive to rejection
- over drinking
anal stage-age
18 months-3 years
anal stage-erogenous zone
anus
anal stage-key experience
- potty trained
- feel in control
anal stage-fixation
- anally expulsive-messy
- anally retentive-uptight
phallic stage-age
3-5 years
phallic stage-erogenous zone
genitals
phallic stage-key experience
feel hatred towards same sex parent and sexual feelings for opposite sex parents
phallic stage-fixation
phallic personality- narcissistic,reckless, homosexual
latency stage-age
6-12 years
latency stage-key experience
same-sex friendships
genital stage-age
puberty onwards
genital stage-erogenous zone
genitals
genital stage-key experience
developing healthy adult relationships
genital stage-fixation
unresolved conflict=difficulty forming hetrosexual relationships
penis envy
- 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)
oedipus complex
- 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)
castration anxiety
- a boys fear of being castrated as punishment for incestuous wishes towards the mother
- phallic stage
fixation
- if you become stuck at a certain stage
- any stage
electra complex
- a girls sense of competition with her mother for the affections of the father
- 6 years old- puberty (phallic stage)
