Questions and Answers
What is the focus of pleasure in the Oral Stage?
What can result from too much or too little oral gratification?
Preoccupation or stagnation in the phase
At what age does the Anal Stage occur?
What leads to cleanliness during the Anal Stage?
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What complex arises during the Phallic Stage?
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During which stage do sexual urges remain repressed?
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What is the significance of the Genital Stage?
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Study Notes
Sigmund Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development
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Oral Stage (Birth - 18 months)
- Infants derive pleasure primarily from oral activities, such as sucking and biting.
- Imbalance in oral gratification leads to fixation, possibly resulting in behaviors like smoking or overeating.
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Anal Stage (18 months - 3 years)
- Children focus on controlling bowel movements; pleasure linked to both retention and expulsion.
- Strict parental control can lead to anal-retentive personality (excessive orderliness), while lax control may lead to anal-expulsive personality (messiness).
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Phallic Stage (3 years - 6 years)
- Children become aware of their bodies and the differences between genders.
- Development of the Oedipus Complex, where boys experience unconscious desires for their mothers and rivalry with their fathers.
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Latency Stage (6 years - puberty)
- Sexual impulses are submerged; children engage in same-sex peer interactions.
- Focus shifts to social, intellectual, and cultural skills development; sexual feelings remain dormant.
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Genital Stage (Puberty and beyond)
- Adolescents awaken to mature sexual desires, directing attraction towards the opposite sex.
- Personality development tied to sexual identity and the pursuit of successful relationships based on mating instincts.
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