Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development Part 1 | MCAT Psychology Prep

(00:05) Introduction to Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development
In this lesson, we introduce Freud’s stages of psychosexual development. From the word “psychosexual,” as well as our previous videos, we know that Freud was really focused on sexual desires, coining the term libido to represent this erotic energy that influences the behavior of individuals.
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(00:17) Libido
Freud believed that libido is concentrated in different organs during development, resulting in the psychosexual stages. Each stage is associated with a characteristic sexual focus, as well as a challenge that has to be overcome in order to progress to the next stage. If an individual fails to transition from one stage to the next, fixation occurs, creating a long lasting impact on the individual's personality as an adult.
(00:48) The 5 Psychosexual Stages
Freud’s theory consists of five stages Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latent and General.
(00:53) The Oral Stage
We'll start with the Oral stage. Individuals in this stage are ages 0 to 1. From the term “oral,” you can probably tell that the sexual focus, or libido, is centered on the mouth. Gratification of this libido is achieved from breastfeeding and, later, biting. The challenge that the child has to overcome in order to pass onto the next stage is weaning off of the mother’s breast, or bottle if the child is being bottle fed. Freud believed that fixation at the oral stage can result in problems with overeating or smoking later in life.
(01:25) The Anal Stage
The second stage of Freud’s theory is the anal stage. This is from ages 2 to 3. From the word “anal,” you know that the origin of sexual focus is the anus. Because of this focus, erotic pleasure is obtained from bowel movements and the challenge at this stage is toilet training.
Freud described two different ways that toilet training can go wrong. First, if the parents are overly strict with toilet training, this can result in an anal-retentive personality in which the individual is excessively attentive to orderliness. On the other side, if the parents are too late with toilet training, this can produce an anal-explosive personality, characterized by a lack of self-control and disorganization.

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Why do we bother teaching this nonsense anymore

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freud was weird af