1. FREUD’S PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
Ms. Reeser
CCHS

2. Conscious = ego
Unconscious - id & superego (devil & angel)

3. His Theory of Development
We do what we do because of our childhood experiences related to our sexual drive. We go through five stages with different areas of our body being the focus in each stage.
Personality disorders are due to being “stuck” in a certain stage

4. 1. Oral Stage, 0-1.5 Erogenous Zone: Mouth
Gratifying Activities: nursing, sucking, gumming, biting & swallowing
Nursing represents love.
Controlled by id.
Symptoms of Oral Fixation: smoking, nail biting, overeating, chewing

5. 2. Anal Stage, 1.5-3 Erogenous Zone: Anus
Gratifying Activities: Potty Training
Can be good/bad experience depending on parents.
Anal Expulsive Personality: sloppy, reckless, defiant
Anal Retentive Personality: obsessively clean & intolerant of those who aren’t.

6. 3. Phallic Stage, 4-5 Erogenous Zone: Genitals
Gratifying Activities: Fondling
Most challenging stage
Oedipus Complex - castration anxiety
Electra Complex - penis envy
Fixation for men: anxiety about sex, narcissistic personality
Fixation for women: no certainty

7. 4. Latency, 5-puberty Erogenous Zone: None
Sexual feelings are suppressed
School, activities

8. 5. Genital, puberty onward
Erogenous Zone: genital
Gratifying activities: masturbation & heterosexual relationships
Pursuit of relationships
No fixations. Problems at this stage were caused by issues in earlier stages.