Freud's 5 Stages of Development

What age does the Anal stage occur?

1 - 3 years

What age does the Phallic stage occur?

3 - 6 years

What age does the Latency stage occur?

6 - 11 years

What age does the Genital stage occur?

Adolescence/Puberty - Death

Describe the Phallic stage.

As preschoolers take pleasure in genital stimulation, Freud's Oedipus conflict for boys, and Electra conflict for girls arise: Children feel a sexual desire for the other-sex parent. To avoid punishment, they give up this desire and adopt the same-sex parents characteristics and values. As a result, the superego is formed, and children feel guilty each time they violate its standards.

What age does the Oral stage occur?

Birth - 1 year

What are Freud's 5 Psychosexual Stages?

Oral Anal Phallic Latency Genital

Describe the Latency stage.

Sexual instincts die down, and the superego develops further. The child acquires new social values from adults and same sex peers outside the family.

Describe the Oral stage.

The new ego directs the baby's sucking activities toward breast or bottle. If oral needs are not met apprpriately, the individual may develop such habits as thumb sucking, fingernail biting, and pncil chewing in childhood and overeating and smoking in later life.

Describe the Anal stage.

Toddlers and preschoolers enjoy holding and releasing urine and feces. Toilet training becomes a major issue between parent and child. If parents insist that children be trained before they are ready, or if they make too few demands, conflicts about anal control may appear in the form of extreme orderliness and cleanliness or messiness and disorder.

Describe the Genital stage.

With puberty, the secual impulses of the Phallic stage reappear. If development has been successful during earlier stages, it leads to marriage, mature sexuality, and the birth and rearing of children. This stage extends through adulthood.