| Stage (age range) | Erogenous Zone | Activity Focus |
|---|
| Oral (birth to 1-1/2 years) | Mouth, lips, and tongue | Sucking, biting, and chewing |
| Anal (1-1/2 to 3 years) | Anus | Bowel retention and elimination |
| Phallic (3 to 6 years) | Genitals | Genital stimulation, attraction to opposite-sex parent and later identifying with same-sex parent to learn gender role and sense of morality |
| Latency (6 years to puberty) | No erogenous zone | Cognitive and social development |
| Genital (puberty through adulthood) | Genitals | Development of sexual relationships, moving toward intimate adult relationships |