PSYCH 238 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Anal Stage, Phallic Stage, Psychosexual Development
25 Jan 2017
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Psychosexual development reflects how libido becomes invested and then redirected. Progress in stages as libido is redirected to different parts of the body. Each stage has: physical focus, psychological theme, adult character type. Development of personality depends on progression through or fixation on a stage and set of motivations. Freud argued that the essence of personality was formed by the age of six years. Oral stage (birth to 18 months: physical focus = mouth. Begins with infant"s drive to satisfy drive for hunger and thirst. Satisfy hunger, thirst, curiosity, pleasure: psychological theme and conflict = dependency. Child wants but doesn"t know how to get . Child can"t nurse on demand or must give up breast feeding: adult character type: oral. Needs met instantly extreme dependency, passive, angry. Needs are not met mistrustful and very independent. Oral fixation preoccupation with mouth (biting, chewing,
