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psychoanalysis: psychosexual development


According to classical psychoanalytic theory psychological characteristics evolve from childhood experience according to a series of stages in development and associated area of libidinal focus.

Phase Age
Oral 0-18 months
Anal 18 months-3 years
Urethral (transitional)
Phallic 3-5 years
Latency 5-6 years
Genital 11-13 years
 

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