sigmund freud's stages of psychosocial development

• Earliest stage

oral stage

• First 18 months of life

oral stage

• Infant’s needs are centered to the oral

zone

oral stage

• 1-3 years of age

ANAL STAGE

• Objectives is sphincter control without

overcontrol or loss of control

ANAL STAGE

• Effect of early / harsh or liberal toilet-

training

ANAL STAGE

• Pathological traits: over-orderliness (anal-

retentive) & stubbornness or messiness

(anal- expulsive)

ANAL STAGE

• not explicitly treated by Freud

urethral stage

• A transition phase between anal & phallic

stage

urethral stage

• 3-5 years old

PHALLIC STAGE

• Focus on stimulation & excitement of the

genital area

PHALLIC STAGE

• Associated with increased genital

masturbation & Oedipal wishes

PHALLIC STAGE

• Lays the foundations to gender identity,

identifying with the parent of the same

sex

PHALLIC STAGE

• From 5-6 years to 11-13 years

LATENCY STAGE

• School age

LATENCY STAGE

• Period of inactivity of the sexual drive

LATENCY STAGE

• Resolution of the Oedipus complex

LATENCY STAGE

• Consolidation of sex-role identity & sex

roles

LATENCY STAGE

• Puberty to adulthood

genital stage

• Reopens conflicts of previous stages &

provides opportunity for re-resolution of

these

genital stage

• Mature sense of personal identity

genital stage