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An overview of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, focusing on psychic determinism, the human psyche, and the psychosexual stages of development. Freud believed that everything we do is motivated by inner unconscious forces, and personality is formed in the first six years of life. the oral, anal, and phallic stages, discussing the characteristics of fixation and the resulting personality traits.
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Id
ego
superego.
Anxiety may be present from
conflicts between the id, ego,
superego.
At particular points in the developmental
process, he claimed a single body part is
particularly sensitive to sexual, erotic
stimulation.
These erogenous zones are the mouth,
the anus, and the genital region.
The child’s libido centers on behavior affecting
the primary erogenous zone of his age; he cannot
focus on the primary erogenous zone of the next
stage without resolving the developmental conflict
of the immediate one.
The Oral Stage
From birth to about 18
months
Infants’ pleasure comes from stimulation of the mouth. If we get fixated at this stage, we might have oral fixations.
Characteristics of frustration at this stage, (mother refused to nurse on demand or truncated nursing sessions early) are pessimism, envy, suspicion, and sarcasm.
The overindulged oral characteristics, (nursing urges were always and often excessively satisfied) are optimistic, gullible, and full of admiration for others around him.
I.E. gum chewing, smoking, etc.
Conversely, a child may opt to retain feces, enjoying the pleasurable pressure of the built- up feces in his intestine. If this tactic succeeds and the child is overindulged, he will develop into an anal retentive character.
This character is neat, precise, orderly, careful,
stingy, withholding, obstinate, meticulous, and
passive-aggressive.
The resolution of the anal stage, (proper toilet
training), permanently affects the individual
propensities to possession and attitudes toward
authority.
The Phallic Stage Age 3-
Increased sexual interest causes the child to be physically attracted to the parent of the opposite sex.
For the boy the Oedipal Complex (ED-OPAL) occurs. The boy falls in love with the mother and wants to get rid of the father.
For the girls, they go through Penis Envy (Electra Conflict). The girl loves the father and competes with the mother for his love. The girl treasures the penis because she does not have one and the father does.
Fixation at the phallic stage develops a phallic character, who is reckless, resolute, self-assured, and narcissistic—excessively vain and proud. The failure to resolve the conflict can also cause a person to be afraid or incapable of close love. Freud postulated that fixation could be a root cause of homosexuality.
The next period is LATENCY from 6 to puberty. This is not a stage, but a time during psychosexual development is on hold.