Psycho-sexual+stages


 * Oral Stage  ** (Birth to 18 months). During the oral stage, the child if focused on oral pleasures (sucking). Too much or too little gratification can result in an Oral Fixation or Oral Personality. This type of personality may have a stronger tendency to smoke, drink alcohol, over eat, or bite his or her nails. Personality wise, these individuals may become overly dependent upon others.
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Anal Stage ** (18 months to three years). The child’s focus of pleasure in this stage is on eliminating and retaining feces. The child has to learn to control anal stimulation. In terms of personality, after effects of an anal fixation during this stage can result in an obsession with cleanliness, perfection, and control (anal retentive). On the opposite end of the spectrum, they may become messy and disorganized (anal expulsive).

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Phallic Stage** (ages 3 to 6). The pleasure zone switches to the genitals. Freud believed that during this stage boy develop unconscious sexual desires for their mother. Because of this, he becomes rivals with his father and sees him as competition for the mother’s affection. This can also lead to a development of the Oedipus Complex.


 * Penis Envy ** - Occurs unconsiously when girls realize they are lacking penis and develop a stronger relationship with their father. She lacks power like her father.

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 * Womb Envy ** - Occurs when men are jelous of women's ability to bare children and ability to give birth.