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THEORY
Stages of Psychosexual
Development
Oral Stage 1
( birth to 18 months )
➢Erogenous zone: mouth.
➢oral receptive - stronger
tendency to smoke, drink alcohol,
overeat
➢ oral aggressive tendency to bite
his or her nails or use curse words
or even gossip.
Anal Stage
2
( 18 months to 3
years old )
➢ Erogenous zone: anus
➢anal retentive an obsession with
cleanliness, perfection, and control
➢anal expulsive where the person
may become messy and disorganized
3
Phallic Stage
( ages to 3 )
4
Latency Stage (age 6 to
puberty )
5
Genital stage
( puberty onwards )
➢start of puberty
when sexual are
awakened