Stages of Psychosexual Development (General)

infancy

a time of incorporation

infancy

"taking in" not only through their various sense organs as well

early childhood

period paralleling Freud's anal stage

early childhood

encompassing approximately the 2nd and 3rd years of life

early childhood

young children receive pleasure from mastering the sphincter muscle and other body functions

early childhood

children develop a sense of control over their interpersonal environment and measure of self-control

early childhood

children learn that many of their attempts at autonomy are unsuccessful

early childhood

time of contradiction, of stubborn rebellion and meek compliance, of impulsive self-expression and compulsive deviance, of loving cooperation and hateful resistance

play age

period covering the same time as Freud's phallic phase

play age

preschool-age children

play age

developing locomotion, language skills, curiosity, imagination, and the ability to set goals

play age

stage in which children are developing a conscience

school age

matches the latency years of Freud's theory

school age

social world is expanding beyond family to include peers, teachers, and other adult models

school age

their wish to know becomes strong and is tied to their basic striving for competence

school age

period of little SEXUAL development but tremendous SOCIAL growth

adolescence

one of the most crucial developmental stages

adolescence

by the end of this period, a person must gain a firm sense of ego identity

adolescence

period of social latency

adolescence

period of trial and error

adolescence

an adaptive phase of personality development

young adulthood

must acquire the ability to fuse that identity with the identity of another person while maintaining their sense of individuality

young adulthood

circumscribed as by the acquisition of INTIMACY at the beginning of the stage and the development of GENERATIVITY at the end

young adulthood

genitality is distinguished by mutual trust and a stable sharing of sexual satisfactions with a loved person

adulthood

time when people begin to take their place in society and assume responsibility for whatever society produces

old age

procreation may be absent but they can remain productive and creative in other ways

old age

can be a time of joy, playfulness, and wonder but also time of senility, depression, and despair

old age

people are concerned with ultimate issues, including nonexistence

9th stage

period of very old age when physical and mental infirmities rob people of their generative abilities

9th stage

person is reduce them to waiting for death