Stages of psychosexual development

• sigmund freud - australian neurologist who developed psychoanalysis
• Freud and his colleague published "studies in Hysteria"
• erogenous zones - points on the body that can touch to stimulate pleasure
• libido - desire/sexual desire was described as the driving force behind behavior
• 5 stages of psychosexual development
• oral stage - mouth

  preoccupies himself with nursing, sucking and accepting things into the mouth
• anal stage (1-3y/o) - bowel and bladder control

  child's libido/innate pleasure-seeking energy, is focused on the anus, and controlling the bladder (retains pee) and the bowel movement (intestine)
• phallic stage (3-6y/o) - genitals

  increasingly aware of their bodies and exhibit a heightened interest in their own genitals.

  arousing of sexual attachment for the parent of the opposite sex
• oedipus complex is the stage of development where a boy develops a sexual attraction to his mother
• electra complex: the idea that girls are expected to be submissive to their fathers
• latency stage (6-puberty) - sexual feelings are inactive

  superego continues to develop while the id's energies are suppressed

  child's libido is for social and friendship interaction with everyone

  child's libido is in a "do not disturb mode"
• genital stage (puberty to adulthood unto death) - puberty to death maturing sexual interest

  develops strong interest leading to strong bond relationships