Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development

Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development

1. The Oral Stage:

   • Erogenous zone: mouth
   • Age Range: birth to 1yr
   • What's happening? Weaning from bottle/breast, putting in objects in mouth
   • “Fixation”: for over/under indulgence
     • Over-indulgent: optimism, admiration of others, gullibility, dependent on other
     • Under-indulgent: pessimism, envy, sarcasm, habitual oral stimulation (gum-chewing, smoking, talking, drinking)

2. The Anal Stage

   • Erogenous zone: anus
   • Age range: 1-3 yrs
   • potty training; controlling bowels; power struggle w/ parents
   • making a mess or holding it in
   • Under-indulgent: anal expulsive (messy)
     • Over-indulgent: anal retentive (clean)

3. The Phallic Stage

   • Erogenous zone: genitallia
   • Age range: 4-6 yrs
   • the difference between boy’s and girls identity; “Mama’s Boy” “Daddy’s Girl”
   • Oedipus Complex- Castration Anxiety
     • jealously for the same-sex parent (losing penis)
   • Electra Complex- Penis Envy
     • girls realize boys have an “extra” thing that they don’t have- they are jealous of the boy’s penis
   • Suppressed memories & identification with same-sex parent
   • Fixation: arrogance, recklessness and failed relationships in adulthood

4. Freud states that everyone has three sides to our EGO

   • ME: The one who interacts with the world
   • Super Ego: morals
   • Instincts: our primal urges (ID= Internal Desires)

5. The Latency Stage

   • Erogenous zone: none!!
   • Age range: 6-12 (until puberty)
   • focus on school, friends (same-ex relationships), hobbies, skills and interests
   • No sex drive ("suppressed libido")
   • No fixation!! NOTHING!!!

6. The Genital Stage

   • Erogenous Zone: genitals
   • Age range: 12 (puberty) -????
   • heterosexual relationships; intimacy
   • Libido's Back!!!
     • Sexual Experimentation
   • Establishment and maintenance of healthy relationships.