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Sigmund FreudPsychosexual Development
Sigmund Freud 1856- 1939 Psychoanalytic Unconscious Dream Analysis Free Association
•What is Psychosexual What is Psychosexual Development?Development? Freud believed that adult personality problems were the result of early experiences in life.
He believed that we go through five stages of psychosexual development and that at each stage of development we experience pleasure in one part of the body more so than in others
What are Erogenous Zones?What are Erogenous Zones?
Erogenous zones are parts of the body that have especially strong pleasure-giving qualities at particular stages of development.
Fixation is the psychoanalytic defense mechanism that occurs when the individual remains locked in an earlier developmental stage because needs undergo over-gratified.
What is Fixation?What is Fixation?
Psychosexual development Our personality develops throughout our
childhood
Stage theory
Each stage is characterized by a focus on a different region of the body, where libido or sexual drive is fixated
Psychosexual Development Oral Anal Phallic Latency Genital
Oral Stage 0-1 Mouth Lips Tongue Sucking Biting
Fixation Overindulgence
Symptoms include selfishness, dependency, compulsive talking
Frustration Symptoms include nail biting, sarcasm, thumb
sucking, greed
Anal Stage 1-3 years Membranes of rectum
and anus Fecal mass inside body Release Expulsion anally
explosive Control of feces anally
retentive
Fixations Anal Expulsive
Disorganized, self-confident, messy, sometimes artistic ability, rebelliousness, spontaneous, carefree
Anal Retentive Miserly, organized, thrifty, orderly, obstinate,
stubbornness, Type A personalities, compulsion for control
Phallic Stage 3-6 years Genital Organs Emotional Crisis Oedipus Complex/Electra Complex Critical Stage for moral development Identification
Fixation Caused by failure to resolve
Oedipus/Electra conflict Symptoms: Exhibitionism, recklessness,
vanity, pride, incapable of close love
Oedipus Complex Crucial stage Consolidation of
gender identity (identification)
Formation of superego
Mother/father fixation
Boys Wants to be like dad Fantasizes eliminating father Castration anxiety Identifies with father Formation of gender roles, super-ego, and
gender identity
Girls Penis envy Sense of inferiority Blames mother Poor resolution of Oedipal complex Poorly developed super-ego and a weaker
moral sense compared with male
Latency Stage 6-Puberty Phew! Sexual thoughts repressed-
Sublimation Child explores Focus is on social and intellectual skills
Genital Stage Puberty - Adulthood
Sexual desires renewed
Individual seeks relationships with others
Personality Theory Id = libido and psychosexual stages Ego = defense mechanisms Super-ego = Oedipus complex
Identification and internalization These + defense mechanisms + external
reality = personality