FreudsPsychosexualStagesofdevelopment.ppt

Understanding the Self

1. Theory of
PSYCHOSEXU
AL
DEVELOPMEN
T

2. SIGMUND FREUD -an Austrian neurologist
and the founding Father of Psychoanalysis

3. Psychoanalysis-is a branch of
psychology that focuses on treating
mental illness by analyzing various
stages of growth and types of human
behavior.

4. SIGMUND FREUD’S THEORY OF
PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
The psychoanalytic theory believes
that all humans have unconscious
desires, feelings, and memories.
Freud believed childhood trauma and
experience form the basis of unwanted
behavior and repressed emotions in
adulthood, including the development
of a person.

5. Freud later formulated the psychosexual
theory of development which includes five
stages of development from his studies.
These psychosexual stages capture the main
growth points of a person from infancy to
adulthood and focus on different aspects of
wants, needs, and desires.
SIGMUND FREUD’S THEORY OF
PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

6. SIGMUND FREUD’S THEORY OF
PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
The three terms Freud used in this theory:
Libido: Sexual drive or instinct
Fixation: when a person’s libido is stuck in a
particular stage of development through
overindulgence or disruption
Erogenous Zone: sensitive to sexual
stimulation (are the mouth, the anus, and the
genital region)

7. 1. Oral Stage : Birth –18 Months
2. Anal Stage : 18 Months –3 Yrs.
3. Phallic Stage : 3 Yrs. –7-8 Yrs
4. Latency Stage : 7-8 Yrs. -Puberty
5. Genital Stage : Puberty -Adulthood
SIGMUND FREUD’S THEORY OF
PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
Five Stages

8. Five Stages

9. 1
ORAL STAGE
•AGE RANGE: BIRTH TO 1 YEAR
•EROGENOUS ZONE: MOUTH

11. 2
ANAL STAGE
•AGE RANGE: 1 -3 YEARS
•EROGENOUS ZONE: ANUS

13. •The libido now becomes focused on the anus
and the child derives great pleasure from
defecating.
•The child is now fully aware that they are a
person in their own right and that their wishes
can bring them into conflict with the demands
of the outside world.
ANAL STAGE

14. 3
PHALLIC STAGE
•AGE RANGE: 3 -6 YEARS
•EROGENOUS ZONE: GENITALS

15. During the phallic stage, our libido turns to the genitals
as we discover the differences between the female
and the male gender.
The child in this stage is focused on the stimulation of
the genitals.
In the Phallic stage, gratification begins with
autoeroticism. That means masturbation. But our
need for satisfaction soon turns to our parents,
typically the parent of the opposite sex.
PHALLIC STAGE

16. •Oedipuscomplex –the boy
develops sexual (pleasurable)
desires for his mother. He
wants to possess his mother
exclusively and get rid of his
father to enable him to do so.
PHALLIC STAGE

17. PHALLIC STAGE
•Electra complex –It involves a
girl, aged 3 -6 yrsold,
becoming attached to her
father and increasingly hostile
towards her mother.

18. 4
LATENCY STAGE
•AGE RANGE: 5 -PUBERTY
•EROGENOUS ZONE: NONE

20. LATENCY STAGE
Our libido is suppressed as our sexual
energy is sublimed into developing life
skills. Our superego strengthens and we
strongly identify with social values,
same-sex heroes, and friends.

21. 5
GENITAL STAGE
•AGE RANGE: PUBERTY-ADULT
•EROGENOUS ZONE: GENITALS

23. During this time the person directs sexual
impulses toward someone of the opposite
sex. Adolescence brings about a
reawakening of Oedipal or Electra conflicts
and a reworking of earlier childhood
identifications.
The child is now open to learning how to
engage in mutually satisfying sexual
relationships.
GENITALSTAGE

24. GENITALSTAGE
Adolescentadult has
mature sexual feelings
and experiences pleasure
from sexual relationships
with others.

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