Psychosexual Stages of Development

Question 1

What is the order of the psychosexual stages?

Answer 1

Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital

Question 2

What ages involve the oral stage?

Answer 2

0 to 1 year olds

Question 3

What does the oral stage center around?

Answer 3

Pleasure centering on the mouth

Question 4

Give three examples of how pleasure centers around the mouth for babies

Answer 4

1. Sucking
2. Biting
3. Chewing

Question 5

What is the challenge in the oral stage?

Answer 5

Weaning off the bottle/breast by 1 years old

Question 6

What is an example of an oral fixation?

Answer 6

1. Biting nails
2. Chewing gum, eating, or texting excessively

Question 7

At what age is the anal stage?

Answer 7

1 to 3 years old

Question 8

Where does pleasure focus around in the anal stage?

Answer 8

Bladder elimination

Question 9

What is the challenge of the anal stage?

Answer 9

Potty training by the age of 3

Question 10

What are the 2 anal fixations in the anal stage?

Answer 10

Anal Retentive Fixation & Anal Expulsive Fixation

Question 11

What is anal retentive fixation caused by?

Answer 11

Strictness and shame for accidents

Question 12

What is anal expulsive fixation caused by?

Answer 12

From being too relaxed with potty training

Question 13

What does anal retentive fixation lead to?

Answer 13

Leads to one becoming anxious, organized, and meticulous

Question 14

What does anal expulsive fixation lead to?

Answer 14

Leads to one becoming messy

Question 15

At what age is the phallic stage?

Answer 15

3 to 6 years old

Question 16

Where is the pleasure zone in the phallic stage?

Answer 16

Genitals

Question 17

What is the challenge in the phallic stage?

Answer 17

Overcoming Oedipus & Electra Complex

Question 18

What is oedipus?

Answer 18

A largely unconscious process where boys displace an erotic attraction towards their mom to females of their own age & identify w/ their dad

Question 19

What is electra complex?

Answer 19

Oedipus but for girls &

Question 20

What is identification?

Answer 20

The mental process by which an individual tries to become like another person, especially the same-sex parent

Question 21

What do boys suffer from during the phallic stage?

Answer 21

Castration anxiety nightmares

Question 22

What are castration anxiety nightmares?

Answer 22

Nightmares about dad cutting off your penis

Question 23

What did Freud say girls dealt with during electra complex?

Answer 23

Penis envy

Question 24

What is penis envy?

Answer 24

Female desire to have a penis

Question 25

What does penis envy result from?

Answer 25

A condition in their attraction to males

Question 26

During what ages does latency stage occur?

Answer 26

6 to puberty

Question 27

What is the challenge in the latency stage?

Answer 27

Making same-sex friends

Question 28

What is the outcome of not overcoming the latency stage?

Answer 28

Never making a same-sex friend & being lonely

Question 29

What feelings are involved in the latency stage?

Answer 29

Dormant sexual feelings

Question 30

What age does the genital stage deal with?

Answer 30

Puberty to onwards

Question 31

What is the challenge in the genital stage?

Answer 31

Forming an intimate relationship