12 Marker- Freud’s Psychosexual Stages of Development
Q. Philippe is 27 years old. He finds it hard to maintain a romantic relationship.
He has just separated from his partner. Philippe’s partner said that Philippe was
looking for a mother not a romantic partner. The partner also claimed that Philippe
had deliberately caused arguments, though Philippe denies this.
Philippe has started smoking cigarettes again. His home is messier than usual now
there is no one else there to help with the cleaning.
Evaluate Freud’s psychosexual stages of development as an explanation of Philippe’s
behaviour.
You must make reference to the context in your answer.
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Freud’s theory states that Since Phillipe is 27 years
humans go through 5 old this must mean that he
psychosexual stages: the is in the genital stage. This
oral, anal, phallic, latent and means he satisfies his libido
genital stages. through heterosexual
pleasure.
According to Freud, people Phillipe is likely to have oral Yarrow (1954) showed that
who face fixation at the oral fixation, which led to those who spent the
stage develop an oral smoking being a response shortest time being fed
personality, where bad or a coping mechanism for during the first 6
habits such as nail-biting, the stress he is facing due months of their life sucked
mouthsucking and smoking to separating from his their thumbs most
develop, particularly due to partner. later – showing support for
stress the idea of the oral stage as
well as oral fixation.
Freud’s theory explains Phillipe may also have an Freud’s theory is
fixation at the anal stage anal fixation resulting in his scientifically invalid. This is
may result in two possible anal expulsive personality. because it is unsupported
outcomes: one of which is This can explain why he by experimental data, for the
an anal expulsive does not clean his home. It reason that libido is very
personality. An anal can also explain why his difficult to measure and
expulsive personality partner claims that he observe objectively.
describes someone who is deliberately starts
untidy, disorganized and arguments as one of the
defiant. characteristics of an anal
expulsive personality is
defiance.
During the phallic stage, Phillipe may have not In his Little Hans (1905)
boys/men face (?) the resolved his Oedipus study, Freud found that
Oedipus complex. This is complex as his partner Hans had substituted his
where they start to gain claims that he is looking for fear of his father onto
attraction towards their a mother instead of a horses, showing he was
Q. Philippe is 27 years old. He finds it hard to maintain a romantic relationship.
He has just separated from his partner. Philippe’s partner said that Philippe was
looking for a mother not a romantic partner. The partner also claimed that Philippe
had deliberately caused arguments, though Philippe denies this.
Philippe has started smoking cigarettes again. His home is messier than usual now
there is no one else there to help with the cleaning.
Evaluate Freud’s psychosexual stages of development as an explanation of Philippe’s
behaviour.
You must make reference to the context in your answer.
AO1 AO2 AO3
Freud’s theory states that Since Phillipe is 27 years
humans go through 5 old this must mean that he
psychosexual stages: the is in the genital stage. This
oral, anal, phallic, latent and means he satisfies his libido
genital stages. through heterosexual
pleasure.
According to Freud, people Phillipe is likely to have oral Yarrow (1954) showed that
who face fixation at the oral fixation, which led to those who spent the
stage develop an oral smoking being a response shortest time being fed
personality, where bad or a coping mechanism for during the first 6
habits such as nail-biting, the stress he is facing due months of their life sucked
mouthsucking and smoking to separating from his their thumbs most
develop, particularly due to partner. later – showing support for
stress the idea of the oral stage as
well as oral fixation.
Freud’s theory explains Phillipe may also have an Freud’s theory is
fixation at the anal stage anal fixation resulting in his scientifically invalid. This is
may result in two possible anal expulsive personality. because it is unsupported
outcomes: one of which is This can explain why he by experimental data, for the
an anal expulsive does not clean his home. It reason that libido is very
personality. An anal can also explain why his difficult to measure and
expulsive personality partner claims that he observe objectively.
describes someone who is deliberately starts
untidy, disorganized and arguments as one of the
defiant. characteristics of an anal
expulsive personality is
defiance.
During the phallic stage, Phillipe may have not In his Little Hans (1905)
boys/men face (?) the resolved his Oedipus study, Freud found that
Oedipus complex. This is complex as his partner Hans had substituted his
where they start to gain claims that he is looking for fear of his father onto
attraction towards their a mother instead of a horses, showing he was
