The psychosexual stages

• Freud suggests we are born with an id and from the moment we are born the id has innate sex energy that wants satisfaction
• The 5 sexual stages

  > Oral 1-0 years

  > Anal 1-3 years

  > Phallic 3-5 years

  > Latency 6-12 years

  > Genital 12 years
• Oral stage (0-1 years)

  > Gratification for the id is gained from the mouth such as from dummies, thumb sucking and the mother’s breast

  > Oral fixation – smoking, biting nails, sarcastic and critical in the future
• Anal stage (1-3 years)

  > Gratification for the id is gained from the anus such as expulsion or withholding of faeces

  > Anal retentive personality – perfectionist, obsessive

  > Anal expulsive personality – thoughtless, messy.
• Phallic stage (3-5 years)

  > Gratification for the id is gained from exploring their own genitals

  > Phallic personality – narcissistic, reckless, problems with authority
• Latency stage (6-12 years)

  > Earlier conflicts are repressed
• Genital stage (12 years)

  > Sexual desires become conscious alongside puberty

  > Difficulty forming heterosexual relationships