Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Great minds in psychology: Sigmund Freud


Sigmund Freud (1856-1939): was an Austrian physician and neurologist, known as the father of psychoanalysis and one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Psychosexual theory divided into five stages dealing with personality development and the specific areas of the body, from birth to puberty, going through a period of great susceptibility or physiological sensitivity known as erogenous zones.
• Oral Stage (birth to 1 year and a half): you derive pleasure by the senses, especially the mouth
• Anal Stage (1 ½ to 3 years): takes pleasure in elimination functions
• Phallic Stage (3 years to 6 years) gets pleasure from the genitals (Oedipus Complex: boy falls in love with his mother, Electra complex: girl is attracted by her father)
• Latency Stage (5-6 years to 12 years) remain latent sexual urges
• Genital Stage (12 and older): predominantly sexual urges


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