Phases of Psychosexual Development

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Freud's stages of human development, which consisted of ______ psychosexual stages of development, described how personality developed over the course of childhood.

Oral fixations

If an infant does not receive enough attention during this phase, they may develop an _______________ characterized by excessive eating, smoking, drinking, or nail biting.

Anal fixations

The anal stage is marked by toilet training and control of bowel movements, with children who do not achieve proper toilet training developing ______________ that can manifest as stubbornness, stinginess, or hoarding behavior.

Erogenous

Freud believed that personality developed through a series of childhood stages in which the pleasure-seeking energies of the id become focused on certain _________________ areas.

Pleasure

During the five psychosexual stages, which are the oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital stages, the erogenous zone associated with each stage serves as a source of _____________.

Libido

Also known as the psychosexual energy. It is described as the driving force behind behavior.

Healthy personality

If the psychosexual stages are completed successfully, a _________________________ is the result.

Fixations

If certain issues are not resolved at the appropriate stage, _____________ can occur.

Fixation


A persistent focus on an earlier psychosexual stage.

Erogenous Zone


Characterized as an area of the body that is particularly sensitive to stimulation.

Mouth

The erogenous zone in the oral phase is the __________.

Weaning process

The primary conflict at oral stage is the _____________________; the child must become less dependent upon caretakers.

Oral Phase

This phase starts from birth to 18 months.

Anal Phase

This phase starts from 18 months to 3 years old.

Phallic Phase

This phase starts from 3 to 5 years old.

Latent Phase

This phase starts from 5 to 11 years old; sometimes extended until 13 years old

Genital Phase

This phase starts from puberty onwards.

Oral

During the ________ stage, the infant's primary source of interaction occurs through the mouth, so the rooting and sucking reflex is especially important.

Anal

During the ________ stage, Freud believed that the primary focus of the libido was on controlling bladder and bowel movements. 

Anus

The erogenous zone in anal phase is the ________ and the surrounding area.

Anal-expulsive personality

If parents take an approach that is too lenient in toilet training, Freud suggested that an ____________________________________ could develop.

Anal-retentive personality

If parents are too strict or begin toilet training too early, Freud believed that an ____________________________________ could develop.

Anal-Expulsive Personality


The individual has a messy, wasteful, or destructive personality.

Anal-Retentive Personality


The individual is stringent, orderly, rigid, and obsessive.

Phallic

During the __________ stage, the primary focus of the libido is on the genitals. At this age, children also begin to discover the differences between males and females.​

Genitals

The erogenous zone in phallic stage is on the ___________.

Oedipus Complex


A son's feelings of wanting to possess the mother and the desire to replace the father.

Fathers

In Oedipus complex, it is believed that boys begin to view their ___________ as a rival for the mother’s affection

Castration Anxiety


A boy's fear of loss of or damage to the genital organ as punishment for incestuous wishes toward the mother and murderous fantasies toward the rival father.

Castration Anxiety


In Oedipus complex, the child also fears that he will be punished by the father for rivalry feelings, a fear Freud termed ______________________________.

Electra Complex

A daughter's tendency to compete with her mother for possession of her father as the feminine Oedipus attitude or the negative Oedipus complex.

Penis Envy

Occurs when a girl first notices the differences in male and female anatomy and longs to have a penis of her own.

Latent

During the _________ stage, the superego continues to develop while the id's energies are suppressed. Children develop social skills, values, and relationships with peers and adults outside of the family.

Sexual energy

The latent period is a time of exploration in which the ________________ is repressed or dormant.

Immaturity

Fixation at the latent stage can result in _____________ and an inability to form fulfilling relationships as an adult.

Genital

During the _______ stage, the individual develops a strong sexual interest in the opposite sex. The onset of puberty causes the libido to become active once again.