L1.2: Sigmund Freud’s Psychosexual Theory

• Sigmund Freud’s Psychosexual Theory

  ● Child development occurs in a series of stages that focus on different pleasure areas or erogenous zones of the body (For gratification)

  ○ Erogenous Zones - Sensitive to stimulation
• Sigmund Freud’s Psychosexual Theory

  ● The energy of the libido focused on different erogenous zones for specific stages

  ○ Libido - Refers to the energy that drives an individual’s desire for sex (commonly known as sex drive)
• Sigmund Freud’s Psychosexual Theory

  ● Failure to solve the conflicts of a particular stage lead to fixations (unresolved means of child) that can have influence on adult behavior
• Sigmund Freud’s Psychosexual Theory

  ● Stages Include:

  1. Oral Stage

  2. Anal Stage

  3. Phallic Stage

  4. Latent Stage

  5. Genital Stage