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Stages Of Sigmund Freud. Freud s theory of psychosexual development consists of five main stages. During every psychosexual stage the libido fixates itself in the region of the body that is the most sensitive at the respective age of the child named erogenous zone. Sigmund freud divided personality development into five stages. During the five psychosexual stages which are the oral anal phallic latent and genital stages the erogenous zone associated with each stage serves as a source of pleasure.
During each stage sexual energy libido is expressed in different ways and through different parts of the body. Freud has made us understand that development of personality the id the ego and the superego is dependent on once psychosexual development during childhood and whatever happens to a person during those five stages determine who they become in the future. Oral anal phallic latent and genital. The first can be a person with an oral retentive personality which is characterized by stinginess excessive tidiness perfectionism and stubbornness. Implications of sigmund freud s influence on society. Freud defines five stages of psychosexual development also named libidinal evolution that are required to be navigated by the child in a predetermined order.
Sigmund freud believed that the major conflict faced in this stage is the emergence of the oedipal complex.
They feel pleasure through the act of sucking. Freud defines five stages of psychosexual development also named libidinal evolution that are required to be navigated by the child in a predetermined order. The psychosexual energy or libido was described as the driving force behind behavior. Freud s psychosexual stages of development. During every psychosexual stage the libido fixates itself in the region of the body that is the most sensitive at the respective age of the child named erogenous zone. Sigmund freud believed that the major conflict faced in this stage is the emergence of the oedipal complex.