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Stage
Age
Location of Libido
Source of Pleasure
Crises/influences
Resolution

Oral Stage

Anal Stage

Phallic Stage

Latent Stage

Genital Stage

0 to 1 years

1 to 3 years

3 to 5/6 years

5/6 years to puberty

Puberty to death

The Mouth

The anus

The penis or clitoris

Desire for sexual pleasure is repressed

The penis or vagina

Sucking, swallowing and chewing

Witholding or expelling faeces

Masturbation

No obvious sexually pleasurable activity

Heterosexual intercourse

The child is weaned onto solid food

The child is potty trained

The Oedipus complex: sexual desire for the opposite sex parent and fear of the same-sex parent

Previous crises are repressed

Sexual urges from the id upset the equilibrium of the latent stage

To cope with the demands of the external world, the child develops an ego

The child learns that its parents' love is conditional on how it behaves

The child resolves the Oedipus complex by internalising the same-sex parent as its superego

There are no crises to resolve

The adult personality is fully formed