Psychosexual development theory - answer Individual is motivated by innate drives and
instincts toward a pleasure and immediate gratification. Individual matures and
transforms through various stages. If adult resolves conflicts in the stages then they will
be free of psychic pathology, but if not they may suffer from emotional problems.
Oral stage - answerbirth-18 months
feeding and organs associated with the function. Focus on receiving and taking. If
fixated here may suffer from schizophrenia or psychotic depression.
Anal Stage - answer18 months- 3
Freud's second stage of psychosexual development where the primary sexual focus is
on the elimination or holding onto feces. The stage is often thought of as representing a
child's ability to control his or her own world. ie: messiness, stubbornness,
rebelliousness.
Phallic Stage - answer3-5 years
Freud's third stage of psychosexual development where the primary sexual focus is on
symbolism of genitals. Oedipus conflict takes place in this stage
Latency Stage - answer5-puberty
fourth stage of psychosexual development, during which sexual impulses remain latent
or dormant. Socialize, education, learning skills
Genital Stage - answerPuberty til Death
The final psychosexual stage, a time for the coming together of the mature adult
personality with a capacity to love, work, and relate to others in a mutually satisfying
and reciprocal manner
Behavioral Theory - answerFocuses on ways in which individuals learn to associate
stress responses with certain situations. People may also react to specific situations
with fear and anxiety because those situations caused them harm or were stressful in
the past
Learning Theory - answerBased on the idea that changes in behavior result more from
experience and less from our personality or how we think or feel about a situation.
Feminist Theory - answerA sociological perspective that emphasizes the centrality of
gender in analyzing the social world and particularly the uniqueness of the experience
of women. There are many strands of feminist theory, but they all share the desire to
explain gender inequalities in society and to work to overcome them.
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