T1: Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development - RM

Question 1

What are the 5 stages of Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development?

Answer 1

Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genital

Question 2

Oral

Birth to 18 months

Answer 2

(Think ORAL and TRUST)

• Primary needs centered on the oral zone (lips, tongue, mouth)
• Hunger and pleasure are satisfied here
• Trust comes from needs being met
• When needs not met, infant becomes aggressive (biting, spitting, crying)

Question 3

Anal

18 months to 3 years

Answer 3

(Think CONTROL BOWELS and INDEPENDENCE)

• Neuromuscular control over anal sphincter allows child to control bowel movements.
• Coincides with the struggle for separation and independence from caregivers.
• Completion of stage = well-developed
• Stuck in stage = anal child, willful, stubborn, need for orderliness

Question 4

Phallic

3 to 6 years

Answer 4

(Think SEX and GENITALS)

• Focuses on genital organs
• Gender identity
• Unconscious sexual feelings toward parent of the opposite sex is common (Oedipus Complex)
• Completion of stage = sexual curiosity, mastery of instinctual impulses

Question 5

Latency

6 to 12 years

Answer 5

(Think EGO and SAME-SEX FRIENDSHIPS)

• Ego matures, sexual urges diminish
• Child focuses on same-sex friendships and mastery of his world

Question 6

Genital

13 to 20 years

Answer 6

(Think PUBERTY and MATURITY)

• Puberty causes an intensification of instinctual drives, particularly sexual.
• Focus is on the resolution of previous conflicts
• development of maturity
• able to form adult relationship