Freud developmental theories (early childhood)

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Freud developmental Theories (Early Childhood

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Freud developmental Theories (Early Childhood

Sigmund Freud 's developmental theory is grounded on his belief that humans are born pleasure seeker . His theory state that the stages of human development is (from infancy to puberty onwards ) directly influenced by our certain needs and demands , which are deeply embedded on our certain body parts . According to Freud , the experiences we had when we were still a child deeply influence the person we became today

Freud introduced 5 stages

of development , each of which is deeply influenced by a person 's libido or sexual energy . According to Freud each stage is met by some dissatisfaction which should be dealt with accordingly . If these dissatisfactions were not resolved , the child 's libido would be tied up to that particular stage of development . Freud believes that we only have a limited supply of libido hence a person should not use a lot of libido while s /he is on a particular stage of development otherwise a person would not have enough libido to use later in life . Over usage of sexual energy in a particular stage could result to fixation or reaction formation

Below is the list of Freud 's 5 stages of development

ORAL STAGE (from birth - 1 yr . old

As the name suggests , mouth is the main source of pleasure in this stage . Fixation at this stage could result to use of oral stimulation later in life (i .e . smoking...