DVT - Psychosexual Development Lesson

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Psychosexual Development

Freud is probably the most recognizable name in psychology, and he had a lot of opinions about human development. In Freud's mind, every person, even the smallest child, has a libido, which is an instinctual sexual energy. According to Freud's theory, libido travels to different parts of the body during human development, ideally ending up in the place we typically think of as the center of human sexual desire: the genitals. Freud's theory includes possible variations on this final destination. He theorized that if a person experienced problems during one period, the person might develop a fixation in that stage and never move on.

Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development: Oral Stage, Anal Stage, Phallic Stage, Latency Stage, Genital Stage

Learn more about Freud's stages of psychosexual development in the activity below:

Freud's stage theory probably sounds odd to you! It does to most people. Today, few people believe all of his theories, but he did have a big impact on psychology because of his suggestions that unconscious thought processes affect human behavior.  

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