Psychology - Freudian Theory (Highlights)
psychosexual stages
Oral is the first 18 months of life: satisfaction from sucking/swallowing
Anal is 18 – 36 months: satisfaction from withholding/expelling feces (toilet training)
Phallic is 3 – 6 years: satisfaction from genitalia
Latency is 6 – 12 years (puberty): little sexual motivation (dormant libido)
Genital is 12 years and onward: adolescent sexual experimentation
We can use the mneomnic Old Age Pensioners Love Grapes to remember: Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, and Genital.
Personality Terminology
The Id refers to our instincts, for simplicity, draw a devil to illustrate the Id.
The superego refers to our morals, for simplicity, draw an angel to illustrate the superego.
The ego reconciles the Id, the Superego, and our external reality. Draw a human figure to represent the ego.