Evaluation of Freud’s psychosexual theory

There are five stages in psychosexual development that, according to Freud, must be successfully completed in order to achieve a balanced & stable adult personality. If someone, however, doesn’t complete a stage successfully, part of their libido can become fixated at that stage & not allow progression. This can lead to abnormalities within the adult personality, where the child will continue to seek satisfaction at this stage. The libido is our unconscious sexual pleasure drive & is the focus for each of the five stages. A normal personality will occur only if no libido is fixated within a stage.

The first stage is the oral stage & occurs from birth until roughly 18 months of age where it will finish with weaning. This is where the mouth is the focus of pleasure due to being nursed. Fixation would occur at this stage either due to not being nursed or if nursing stopped too soon. This would cause an adult to have a biting personality (sarcastic), envious & dependent. They may also bite their fingernails, smoke regularly or even suck pens.

The second stage of psychosexual development is the anal stage that is from 18 months of age until 2 & half years. In this stage, the anus & the expulsion or retention of faeces is the focus of pleasure, due to the experience of toilet training. Any fixation at this stage would be either parents being too lenient on the child, which were allowed to make a mess. An adult personality would therefore be an anally expulsive character who would be messy or disorganised. However, if the parents were very harsh if the child were to make a mess, the personality would be more anally retentive; where they would be careful, obstinate & perhaps a perfectionist. The anal stage is completed once toilet training is successful.

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