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Describe the Freudian stages of development of a personality

      

Describe the Freudian stages of development of a personality

  

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i. The Oral Stage: This stage extends throughout the first year of life. Infants are totally reliant upon others for survival, dependence is their only way of obtaining instinctual gratification. The mouth is the body zone through which biological drives are sought to be reduced. Freud believed that the mouth remains an important erogenous zone.
ii. The Anal Stage: During the second and third years of life, the focus shifts from mouth to the anal region.
iii. The Phallic Stage: Age about 4 years. —This is a stage of psychosexual development. Adults males fixate at the phallic stage are usually brash vain, boastful and ambitious while women are found to express traits of flirtatiousness.
vi. The Latency Period: Between the ages of 6 or 7 and the onset of adolescence, occurs the latency period (the elementary school age) which is very important for the social development of the child, for acquiring the knowledge and skills needed to get along in the workday world.
v. The Genital stage: The genital stage occurs during adolescence to adulthood.
Freud believed that in order for people to attain the ideal genital character, they must relinquish the passivity of early childhood days when love, security, physical comfort indeed all gratification’s were freely given and nothing was expected in return. They have to work, postpone gratification, become responsible and above all assume a more active role in dealing with life’s problems.

Titany answered the question on September 7, 2021 at 11:48


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