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September 25, 2013
Psychology 201
Section F
Freud developed a theory of how our sexuality starts from a very young ages and develops through various fixations. If these stages are not psychologically completed and released, we can be trapped by them and they may lead to various defense mechanisms to avoid the anxiety produced from the conflict in and leaving of the stage. The stages are oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. The oral stage deals with the ages birth to one year and sucking eating and biting that the pleasure source of Freud’s oral stage. One fixation at this stage is that the infant could become hostile, abusive, dependent, and aggressive.
This brings me to the anal stage which is where it relates defecating and gratification from expelling and withholding feces and self-control/obedience. these things are not just related to toilet training but also the baby must learn to control urges and behaviors (terrible twos). What goes wrong here is either parents being too controlling or not controlling enough, so therefore between the ages 1-3 years can cause stinginess, rebelliousness and destructiveness.
The next three stages are phallic which is Freud believes the phallic stage or the Oedipus or Electra complexes occurs during a child is three to six years of age. The belief is that male children harbor unconscious, sexual attraction to their mothers, while female children develop a sexual attraction to their fixation at this stage is vanity, pride, promiscuity. Then there is latency from age five to six years old. This period is relatively calm. Freud says there is a period of sexual calm more interested in school, hobbies and same-sex friends and without any conflict at this stage.
Finally, there is the genital stage from puberty on. And then there is a revival of sexual interest and maturity and creation and enhancement of life. So this is not just about creating new life (reproduction) but also about intellectual and artistic
Psychology 201
Section F
Freud developed a theory of how our sexuality starts from a very young ages and develops through various fixations. If these stages are not psychologically completed and released, we can be trapped by them and they may lead to various defense mechanisms to avoid the anxiety produced from the conflict in and leaving of the stage. The stages are oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. The oral stage deals with the ages birth to one year and sucking eating and biting that the pleasure source of Freud’s oral stage. One fixation at this stage is that the infant could become hostile, abusive, dependent, and aggressive.
This brings me to the anal stage which is where it relates defecating and gratification from expelling and withholding feces and self-control/obedience. these things are not just related to toilet training but also the baby must learn to control urges and behaviors (terrible twos). What goes wrong here is either parents being too controlling or not controlling enough, so therefore between the ages 1-3 years can cause stinginess, rebelliousness and destructiveness.
The next three stages are phallic which is Freud believes the phallic stage or the Oedipus or Electra complexes occurs during a child is three to six years of age. The belief is that male children harbor unconscious, sexual attraction to their mothers, while female children develop a sexual attraction to their fixation at this stage is vanity, pride, promiscuity. Then there is latency from age five to six years old. This period is relatively calm. Freud says there is a period of sexual calm more interested in school, hobbies and same-sex friends and without any conflict at this stage.
Finally, there is the genital stage from puberty on. And then there is a revival of sexual interest and maturity and creation and enhancement of life. So this is not just about creating new life (reproduction) but also about intellectual and artistic