Stages of Freud's Psychosexual Developmental

Question 1

Focus on the mouth

Primary interaction with the world is through the outh (e.g., eating, sucking)

Answer 1

Freud: Oral Stage (birth - 1 year)

Question 2

Focus on controlling bladder and bowel movements

E.g., toilet training

Answer 2

Freud: Anal Stage (1-3 years)

Question 3

Focus on the genitals

Becoming aware of their gender identity

Answer 3

Freud: Phallic stage (3-6 years)

Question 4

Sexual feelings are dormant. Children develop social skills, values, and relationships with peers and adults outside of the family.

Answer 4

Freud: Latent stage (6-Puberty)

Question 5

Libido becomes active again. Develops a strong interest in the opposite sex.

Answer 5

Freud: Genital Stage (Puberty-Adult)

Question 6

Developmental theory that believes that personality is developed through a series of childhood stages in which the pleasure-seeking energies of the id become foused on certain erogenous areas.

Answer 6

Freud’s Psychosexual Developmental Theory

Question 7

A human’s basic, instinctual drives - pleasure seeking

Answer 7

Id

Question 8

Attempts to mediate between id and reality

Answer 8

Ego

Question 9

The internalization of cultural rules usually learned from parents

Answer 9

Super ego