Question

The stages of development according to Freud is all about the psychosexual development and each stage must be overcome in order to develop into a healthy adult. In each stage, there is a conflict that must be overcome in order to progress

1. List the various stages

2. Explain each stage and the milestone development

3. Give an example of the stage that is seen in the older adult and explain the role of the nurse in assisting the client during this stage

Answer 1

Ans) The psycho sexual development was Earth theory created by Sigmund Freud he believed that infants are born with a libido which is a sexual urge the psycho sexual theory is composed of five stages- oral, anal, Phallic latency and genital stage.

2) Oral: The mouth - sucking swallowing, etc.

Anal: The anas - withholding or expelling faeces

Phallic: The penes or clitores masturbation

Latent: Little or no sexual motivation present

Genital: The penes or vagine sexual intercourse.

3) The genital stage is the final stage in Freud's theory of psychosexual development and begins in puberty. During this stage, the teenager has overcome latency, made associations with one gender or the other, and now seeks out pleasure through sexual contact with others.

- Settling down in one to one relationship.