Assumptions

• According to Freud, what primarily shapes our adult personality?

  Experiences during childhood
• What are Freud's key developmental stages in childhood called?

  Psychosexual stages
• What does each psychosexual stage represent according to Freud?

  Fixation of libido on a body area
• In Freudian theory, what is libido roughly translated as?

  Sexual drives or instincts
• How many psychosexual stages did Freud propose?

  Five
• What is the result of problems at any psychosexual stage according to Freud?

  Fixation at the associated body part
• According to Freud, through what two processes can fixation occur at any stage?

  Frustration and overindulgence
• What occurs when the stage has not been resolved because needs have not been met?

  Frustration
• What is it called when the needs of the child have been more than satisfied?

  Overindulgence
• During which psychosexual stage does breast feeding occur?

  Oral stage
• What key event occurs during the oral stage?

  Weaning onto solid food
• What is the age range of the oral stage?

  0-18 months
• What does frustration during the oral stage result in?

  Pessimism, envy, sarcasm
• What does overindulgence during the oral stage result in?

  Optimism, gullibility, neediness
• What is the origin of libido during the anal stage?

  Anus
• What key event occurs during the anal stage?

  Potty training
• What is the age range of the anal stage?

  18 months - 3 years
• According to Freud, what does frustration during the anal stage result in?

  Stubbornness, possessiveness, overly tidy
• What does overindulgence during the anal stage result in?

  Messy, disorganised, reckless
• What is the origin of libido during the phallic stage?

  Genitals
• What key event occurs during the phallic stage?

  The Oedipus complex
• What is the age range of the phallic stage?

  3-5 years
• What does fixation during the phallic stage result in?

  Problems with sexuality and relationships
• What is the main characteristic of the latency stage?

  Little/no sexual motivation
• What do children acquire during the latency stage?

  Knowledge and understanding
• What age range is associated with the latency stage?

  5 years - puberty
• Why are there no fixations during the latency stage?

  No pleasure focus
• What is the origin of libido during the genital stage?

  Genitals
• What key event is associated with the genital stage?

  Heterosexual intercourse
• What is the outcome of the genital stage if complexes are resolved?

  Well-developed adult personality
• What stage occurs from puberty onwards?

  Genital stage
• According to Freud, what is the mind compared to?

  An iceberg
• Which part of the mind is logical according to Freud?

  The conscious mind
• Which part of the mind is ruled by pleasure seeking?

  The unconscious mind
• How does the unconscious mind express itself?

  Through dreams
• What, according to Freud, determines much of our behaviour?

  The unconscious mind
• According to Freud, what motivates our behaviour?

  Unconscious emotional drives
• What does the unconscious mind contain?

  Unresolved conflicts
• How do threatening conflicts appear in dreams?

  In disguised forms, as symbols
• What are conflicts between the id, ego and superego a source of?

  Anxiety