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PsychosexualStages
Psych 100 - Midterm
Age | Stage | Main Event | Fixation |
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3 – 5 | Phallic “Oedipal Conflict” (Boys) | Desire: Genital Stimulation Challenge: Overcome Conflict Fall in love with mom Wants to marry mom Dad is competition Wants to get rid of dad Fear of castration | • Most must prove that they are manly (Big Trucks) • Feel inadequate as a man • Flasher, exhibitionist (See I have one) • Ambivalent about love, but fear it • Loud, obnoxious, narcissistic |
3 – 5 | Phallic “Elektra Conflict” (Girls) | Desire: Genital Stimulation Challenge: Overcome Conflict Penis envy Mom withheld their penis or took it away. Angry w/ mom Jealous of mom b/c she has dad Wants to posses dad | • Overly aggressive • Not good in relationships w/ men • May become a “Man Hater” or “Man Eater” • May become homosexual • Wants to humiliate men |
5 – 13 | Latency | Desire: Repress Sexual & Aggressive Urges Challenge: Learn modesty & Shame Penis envy Boys play w/ boys & girls play w/ girls (gender roles are formed) Love of parents becomes de-sexualized and tender Identify w/ the same sex and has a sense of belon | N/A |
13 – Up | Genital | Desire: Mature sexual relationships Challenge: Displacement of energy into socially acceptable activities Normal & Heterosexual | N/A |
0 – 1 1/2 | Oral | Desire: Oral Stimulation Bottle, chewing, sucking, babbling Challenge: Overcome Dependence Mom becomes the first love object Mom becomes the prototype for all future love Love is “cannibalistic” and devouring | • Compulsive lollipop sucking, gum chewing, nail biting smoker, drinker, talker, eater • Destroys Love Relationships • Self-centered/demanding • Dependent on others • The world owes you |
1 1/2 – 3 | Anal | Desire: Anal Stimulation Anal stimulation through bowel movements Challenge: Self-Control Prototype for the 1st gift, gold, $ | • Compulsively neat and tidy if made to feel messy at this stage • Pack Rat (Because it was flushed away) • Stingy (1st gift flushed) • Stubborn (Told when to go) • Compulsive List Maker |