Psychosexual development
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In psychoanalysis, psychosexual development is a central element of the sexual drive theory. According to Sigmund Freud, personality develops through a series of childhood stages in which pleasure-see
Sigmund Freud, c. 1921
Oral needs may be satisfied by thumb-sucking.
Oedipus explains the riddle of the Sphinx, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (c. 1805)
Bronisław Malinowski and natives, Trobriand Islands (1918)
Phallic stage
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In Freudian psychoanalysis, the phallic stage is the third stage of psychosexual development, spanning the ages of three to six years, wherein the infant's libido centers upon their genitalia as the e
Psychosexual development
…zone is characterized as an area of the body that is particularly sensitive to stimulation. The five psychosexual stages are the oral, the anal, the phallic, the latent, and the genital. The erogenous zone associated with each stage serves as a source of pleasure. Being unsatisfied at any particular stage…
Oedipus complex: Oedipus and the Sphinx, by Gustave Moreau, 1864.
Freud's couch, London, 2004