Psychosexual Development

Oral Stage

0-18 months, pleasure centers on the mouth- sucking, biting, chewing

Anal Stage

(18-36 months) pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control.

Phallic Stage

Freud's third stage of personality development, from about age 4 through age 7, during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.

Latency Stage

The fourth psychosexual stage, in which the primary focus is on the further development of intellectual, creative, interpersonal, and athletic skills and is ages 6-7 through 12.

Genital Stage

Freud's last stage of personality development, from the onset of puberty through adulthood, during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence and lasts from 12 years of age into adulthood.