Freud's Oral Fixations

• What are the potential fixations associated with the oral stage?

  • Oral incorporative personality
  • Oral sadistic personality
• What is a common behaviours of someone with an oral incorporative personality?

  overeating, excessive drinking, smoking, and nail biting
• If someone is constantly seeking approval, which personality trait might they exhibit?

  Oral incorporative personality
• What does overreliance on others indicate in oral dependent personality?

  Difficulty making independent decisions
• How does talkativeness relate to oral dependent personality traits?

  It reflects a need to feel connected
• What are the traits associated with oral dependent personality?

  • Need for reassurance
  • Strong desire to be babied, taken care of and nurtured
  • Overreliance on others
  • Talkativeness
  • Comfort eating
  • Gullibility
• What develops an oral sadistic personality in infants?

  Frustration during the oral stage leading to the child being conflicted with the urge to bite and parental restrictions
• Why do individuals with oral dependent personality seek oral pleasures?

  To feel secure due to unmet oral needs
• How can satisfaction or frustration during the oral stage affect personality development?

  It can lead to oral incorporative (receptive) or aggressive personalities
• What causes an oral dependent personality to develop?

  Insufficient satisfaction during the oral stage
• What are the traits associated with an oral aggressive personality?

  • Hostility: Easily angered and aggressive
  • Argumentative: Quick to start arguments
  • Sarcastic: Uses sarcasm to express negativity
  • Aggressive eating: Bites or chews forcefully
• What is an oral dependent personality?

  A personality arising when the infant is overindulges and weaning is too lenient
• Why do individuals with an oral aggressive personality exhibit aggressive tendencies?

  Due to underindulgence (weaning is too strict) during early oral experiences
• What behaviors are typical of someone with an oral dependent personality?

  • Always seeking approval and affection
  • Difficulty making independent decisions
  • Constantly chatting to feel connected
  • Using food for emotional support
• How does an oral dependent personality manifest in behavior?

  Through seeking reassurance and comfort eating
• How would you describe a person with an oral sadistic personality?

  Enjoyment of chewing, biting, or even verbally attacking others.