Psychosexual Development (Freud)

Question 1

How many stages are in Freud’s psychosexual development theory?

Answer 1

5 Stages

oral, anal, phallic, latency, gential

Question 2

Which stages are crucial for personality development?

Answer 2

First 3 stages are crucial for personality development

-important not to receive too little/too much gratification or else risk of FIXATION

Question 3

What negatives happen if needs not met during the Oral Stage? (feeding is main source of pleasure in this stage)

Answer 3

may grow up to be nail biters or smokers

Question 4

What if a fixation happens during the ANAL stage? (e.g. extremely strict toilet training)

Answer 4

-may be obsessively clean
-rigidly tied to schedules & routines
OR
-defiantly messy

Question 5

What are the two complexes that can happen during the PHALLIC stage?

Answer 5

Oedipus/ Electra complexes

• boys develop sexual attachment to mothers
• girls to fathers
• aggressive urges towards same sex parent (rival)

Question 6

What stage comes after the Phallic stage?

Answer 6

The Latency Stage

• children resolve anxieties and move into middle childhood
• period of relative emotional calm
• intellectual & social exploration
• redirected sexual energy into other pursuits (school work, relationships, hobbies)

Question 7

What is the last stage? (lasts throughout adulthood)

Answer 7

The Genital Stage
-repressed sexual urges are resurfaced and flow in socially approved channels (heterosexual relations with persons outside the family of origin)

Question 8

Importance of psychosexual development theory

Answer 8

• aware of unconscious thoughts, feelings, and motivations

- role of childhood experiences in forming personality

Question 9

STAGE 1: ORAL (birth to one years old)

Answer 9

Baby’s chief source of pleasure involves mouth-oriented activities (sucking and feeding)

Question 10

STAGE 2: ANAL (1-3 years old)

Answer 10

Sensual gratification from withholding and expelling feces.

• zone of gratification is anal region
• toilet training is an important activity!!!

Question 11

STAGE 3: PHALLIC (3-6 years old)

Answer 11

Odepius/ Electra complexes

• child becomes attached to parent of opposite sex
• later identifies with same-sex parent
• superego develops
• zone of gratification shifts from anal to genital region

Question 12

STAGE 4: LATENCY (6 years to puberty)

Answer 12

Time of relative calm between more turbulent stages

-sexual energy redirected into hobbies, relationships, and school work

Question 13

5) GENITAL STAGE (puberty through adulthood)