OBJECTIVES:

1. Discuss the stages of Psychosexual Development

2. Identify the trait outcomes which the students
have faced or are currently facing
3. Identify the issues/concerns of youths regarding
Psychosexual Development
INCLUSION OF SEX EDUCATION IN
THE CURRICULUM

AGREE DISAGREE
PSYCHOSEXUAL
DEVELOPMENT
 SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939)

 A popular psychologist
 He believed that early experiences are very important in human
development
 He considered instincts as the main source of life energy that
finds its way in different parts of the body called erogenous
zones of pleasure areas which are sensitive to stimulations
FIVE STAGES OF PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
APPROXIMATE
STAGE FOCUS TRAIT OUTCOMES
PERIOD
ORAL First year of life Oral pleasure through Fixation can lead to
mouth; eating, sucking, overeating, smoking,
mouthing, chewing and drinking, nail-biting,
biting gossiping and cursing
ANAL Second to fourth Anal pleasure to release Fixation can lead to being
year tension through the anus: obsessive with cleanliness
eliminating and retaining or hating mess (anal
feces and toilet training retentive). The child may
eventually become a
perfectionist or be
obsessive-compulsive
FIVE STAGES OF PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

APPROXIMATE
STAGE FOCUS TRAIT OUTCOMES
PERIOD
ANAL Second to fourth Another possibility is to
year become too generous in
adulthood that the person
would want to share or give
things away (anal
expulsive). Moreover, the
child may become messy of
disorganized
FIVE STAGES OF PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
APPROXIMATE
STAGE FOCUS TRAIT OUTCOMES
PERIOD
PHALLIC 4th to 6th year Pleasure through genitals The child starts to
recognize what it means to
be a boy or a girl with their
physical differences.
Conflicts arise due to
greater emotional
attachment to one parent
over another. Attachment of
boy to his mom (Oedipus
complex), and girl to her
dad (Electra complex)
FIVE STAGES OF PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

APPROXIMATE
STAGE FOCUS TRAIT OUTCOMES
PERIOD
LATENCY 7th year onward Resolving fixations or The child develops
conflicts in previous stages; closeness with parents if
developing academic and conflicts are resolved, and
social skills, physical builds social ties. Sexual
abilities and talents urges are inhibited.
GENITAL Twelfth year Sex role identity formation Called puberty stage, this is
the period of adolescence.
Sexual interest is
awakened.
“The only person with whom you have to
compare yourself is you in the past”

-Sigmund Freud