PSYCHOSEXUAL THEORY
According to Freud a person goes through the sequence of these five stages and along the way
there needs to be met whether these needs are met or not determines whether a person
develop a healthy personality or not.
Freud specified focal points for the particular stage if needs/pleasures are not met along the
area, a fixation occurs. As an adult person will now manifest behaviors related to this erogenous
zone.
ORAL STAGE
Too much or little can lead to oral fixation
ANAL STAGE
Eliminating and retaining feces, parents will have them toilet training, they will have a struggle
due to child in this age knows how to say NO
PHALLIC STAGE
Interested of what makes girls and boys different, fondling by what can be seen in their genitals
LATENCY
Acquisition of physical and academic skills, boys relate with boys, girls with girls
GENITAL
sexual argues are awakened to opposite sex peers, pleasures centered on genitals
PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY
TRUST VS MISTRUST
Mother is the key to development, trust now trust in future.
AUTONOMY VS SHAME AND DOUBT
We experience ourselves and discover our body, is it allowed to be me? If we are allowed to
discover ourselves, then we develop self-confidence. If we are not we can develop shame and
self-doubt. Both parents now play a major role.
INITIATIVE VS GUILT
Try out new things, is it okay for me to discover something new? If encouraged, we can follow
our interests. If we are held back or told that what we do is silly we can develop guilt. Supports
is given from the entire family.
INDUSTRY VS INFERIORITY
We discover our own interest and realize we ae different from others. We want to show that we
can do things right. We ask if we can make it in this world? If we receive recognition from our
teachers or peers, we become industrious which is another one for hard working. If we got too
much negative feedback, we start to feel inferior and lose motivation. Neighbors and schools
now influence us.
IDENTITY VS ROLE CONFUSION
WE HAVE DIFFERENT SOCIAL ROLES, WE ARE FRIENDS,CHILDREN AND CITIZENS, MANY
EXPERIENCE IDENTITY CRISES, IF OUR PARENTS NOW ALLOW US TO GO OUT AND EXPLORE, WE
CAN FIND IDENTITY, IF THEY PUSH US TO CONFORM TO THEIR VIEWS, WE CAN FACE ROLE
CONFUSION AND FEEL LOST.
INTIMACY VS ISOLATION
WE SLOWLY UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE AND WE START TO LET GOOFTHE RELATIONSHIPS WE
HAD BUILT EARLIER IN ORDER TO FIT IN. WE ASKOURSELVES IF WE CAN LOVE? IF WE CAN MAKE
LONG TERM COMMITMENT, WE ARE CONFIDENT AND HAPPY, IF WE CANNOT WE MIGHT END
UP FEELING ISOLATED AND LONELY. FRIENDS AND PARTNERS CENTER OF DEVELOPMENT
GENERATIVITY VS STAGNATION
WE BECOME COMFORTABLE, WE USE OUR LEISURE TIME CREATIVELY AND MAYBE BEGN
CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIEY. GENERATIVITY – IF WE THINK WE ARE ABLE TO LEAD THE NEXT
GENERATION INTO THIS WORLD, WE ARE HAPPY. IF WE DO NOT RESOLVE SOME CONFLCTS
EARLIER, WE BECOME PESSIMISTIC AND EXPERIENCE STAGNATION. PEOPLE AT HOME OR WORK
NOW INFLUENCES US MOST.
EGO INTEGRITY VS DESPAIR
WE GROW OLDER WE TEND TO SLOW DOWN AND BEGIN TO LOOK BACK OVER OUR LIVES. WE
ASK HOW HAVE I DONE? IF WE THINK WE DID WELL, WE DEVELOP FEELINGS OF CONTENTMENT
AND INTEGRITY. IF NOT, WE CAN EXPERIENCE DESPAIR AND BECOME GRUMPY AND BITTER.
TIME TO COMPARE US WITH MANKND.
MORAL DEVELOPMENT
STAGE 1
IF SOMETHING LEADS TO PUNISHMENT IT IS WRONG
AVOIDING NEAGTIVE CONSEQUENCES
STAGE 2
BOROW BOOK BECAUSE HE WILL LET ME BORROW TOO