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    Psychoanalytic theory was formulated by According to Freud, out of fear of castration

    Sigmund Freud, an Austrian Neurologist. His and due to the strong competition of their
    theory of psychosexual development includes father, boys eventually decide to identify with
    five distinct stages. them rather than fight them. By identifying
    their father, the boys develop masculine
    According to Freud, a person goes through characteristics and identify themselves as
    sequence of these five stages and along the males and repress their sexual feelings
    way there are needs to be met. Whether toward their mother.
    these needs are met or not, determines
    whether the person will develop a healthy A fixation at this stage could result in sexual
    personality or not. deviances (both overindulging and
    avoidance) and weak or confused sexual
    Freud identified specific erogenous zone for identity.
    each stage of development. These are
    specific “pleasure areas” that become focal 4. Latency Stage ( age 6 to puberty)
    points for the particular stage. During this stage sexual urges remain
    repressed. The children’s focus is the
    If needs are not met along the area, a acquisition of physical and academic skills.
    fixation occurs. As an adult, the person will Boys usually relate more with boys and girls
    now manifest behaviors related to the with girls during stage.
    erogenous zone.
    5. Genital Stage (puberty onwards)
    Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development The fifth stage of psychosexual development
    begins at the start of puberty when sexual
    1. Oral Stage ( birth to 8 months) urges are once again awakened. Mature
    The erogenous zone is the mouth. The child sexual interests.
    is focused on oral pleasure (sucking). Too
    much or too little satisfaction can lead to an In the earlier stages, adolescents focus their
    Oral Fixation or Oral Personality which is sexual urges towards the opposite sex peers,
    shown as an increase oral activities. with the pleasure centered on the genitals.

    Oral receptive- have a stronger tendency to


    smoke, drink alcohol, overeat.
    Oral aggressive- tendency to bite his her
    nails, or use curse words or even gossip.

    2. Anal Stage ( 18 months to 3 years )


    The child’s focus of pleasure in this stage is
    the anus . The child finds satisfaction in
    eliminating and retaining feces.

    Fixation during this stage can result in being:


    anal retentive, an obsession with
    cleanliness, perfection and control;
    anal expulsive where the person may
    become messy and disorganized.

    3. Phallic Stage (ages 3- 6 )


    The pleasure or erogenous zone is the
    genitals. During the preschool age, children
    become interested in what make boys and
    girls different. Freud’s studies led him to
    believe that during this stage boys develop
    unconscious sexual desire for their mother.
    Boys then see their father as a rival for her
    mother’s attention.

    These feelings compromise what Freud called


    Oedipus Complex. In Greek Mythology,
    Oedipus unintentionally killed his father and
    married his mother Jocasta.

    Psychoanalysts also believed that girls may


    also have a similar experience, developing
    unconscious sexual attraction towards their
    father. This is referred to as the Electra
    Complex.

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