Freud's+Psychosexual


 * FREUD'S PSYCHOSEXUAL **

THEORY:
 * Personality based on interplay of // unconscious // mental processes
 * Believed that // early experiences // in life play a large role in personality development
 * Failure to resolve the conflicts and problems that occur in each stage can leave a person fixated
 * // Fixated // means that the person becomes unconsciously preoccupied with // one stage of life // and this eventually translates over into // adulthood //
 * If // all // the stages are complete, then Freud believed that person had a // healthy personality //

STAGE TO STAGE: 1. **Oral Stage**: - A child's first year is most attracted to the mouth - infants use their mouth to eat and to explore everything from toys to their own hands and feet - mouth is the center of pleasure during this period.

2. **Anal Stage**: - Occurs during the child's second year - the child's ego develops to cope with parental demands for socially appropriate behavior

3. **Phallic Stage**: - Between the ages of three and five - child focuses most on the genital area - Phallus is another word for penis

- **Oedipus Complex**: a boy has sexual desire for his mother and wants to eliminate his father's competition for her attention. - **Electra Complex**: a young girl develops an attachment to her father and competes with her mother for his attention.

4. **Lantency Period**: - Lasts through childhood - Sexual impulses stay with the youngster while focusing on education, same-sex peer play, and the development of social skills.

5. **Genital Stage**: - The stage that lasts for the rest of the person's life - When sexual impulses reappear at a conscious level, the genitals again become the focus of pleasure



What leads to Neurosis? -When a child doesn't fully develop in one of the stages.
 * EXAMPLE**: When a child is potty trained too strictly in the "anal stage", they can develop to be anal retentive later in life, needed everything to be in order and neat.

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