Table : TABLE 12.1 Freud’s Psychosexual Stages
StageFocus
Oral (0–18 months) Pleasure centers on the mouth—sucking, biting, chewing
Anal (18–36 months) Pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control
Phallic (3–6 years) Pleasure zone is the genitals; coping with incestuous sexual feelings
Latency (6 to puberty) A phase of dormant sexual feelings
Genital (puberty on) Maturation of sexual interests