Developmental Influences Parental behaviour is crucial to normal

Developmental Influences – Parental behaviour is crucial to normal development – Personality and mental health problems in adulthood can usually be traced back to the first five years. ww. psychlotron. org. • Freud believes that early childhood influences determined the adult personality.

Psychosexual Development ww. psychlotron. org. • People – including children – are basically hedonistic – they are driven to seek pleasure by gratifying the Id’s desires. • Sources of pleasure are determined by the location of the libido (life-force). • As a child moves through different developmental stages, location of libido and hence sources of pleasure change.

Psychosexual Stages Anal The anus – withholding or expelling faeces Phallic The penis or clitoris masturbation Latent Little or no sexual motivation present Genital The penis or vagina – sexual intercourse EGO develops SUPEREGO develops ww. psychlotron. org. Oral The mouth – sucking, swallowing etc.

Fixation Oral Deprivation Early weaning Toilet training: Anal Phallic Oral activities (e. g. smoking), dependency, aggression. Too lax Obsessiveness, tidiness, meanness; untidiness, generosity Abnormal family set-up leading to unusual relationship with mother/father Vanity, selfobsession, sexual anxiety , inadequacy, inferiority, envy Too harsh ww. psychlotron. org. Forceful feeding