psychosexual
(adjective)
Of or relating to both psychological and sexual aspects.
(adjective)
Of or relating to the psychological aspect and aspects of sexuality.
Examples of psychosexual in the following topics:
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Freud's Psychosexual Theory of Development
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Freud's Psychosexual Theory of Development
- Freud's psychosexual theory of development suggests that children develop through a series of stages related to erogenous zones.
- According to his theory, these parts become unified as a child works through the five stages of psychosexual development.
- Freud's psychosexual theory is controversial and has been thoroughly criticized.
- Sigmund Freud developed his theory of development based on five psychosexual stages.
- Summarize Freud's structural model of personality and the stages of his psychosexual theory of development
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Psychodynamic Psychology
- During the same year, medical student Sigmund Freud adopted this new "dynamic" physiology and expanded it to create the original concept of "psychodynamics," in which he suggested that psychological processes are flows of psychosexual energy (libido) in a complex brain.
- Freud’s psychosexual model of development includes five stages: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital.
- Psychologists today dispute that Freud's psychosexual stages provide a legitimate explanation for how personality develops, but what we can take away from Freud’s theory is that personality is shaped, in some part, by experiences we have in childhood.
- Sigmund Freud developed the field of psychoanalytic psychology and the psychosexual theory of human development.
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Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality
- Dynamic interactions among these fundamental parts of the mind are thought to progress through five distinct psychosexual stages of development.
- He called his idea the psychosexual theory of development, with each psychosexual stage directly related to a different physical center of pleasure.
- Summarize Freud's theories of human personality and psychosexual stages of development as well as common criticisms of his theories
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Theoretical Perspectives on Childhood Socialization
- Freud believed that sexual drive, or libido, was the driving force of all human behavior and, accordingly, developed a psychosexual theory of human development.
- Contrast the various theories of childhood development, such as Freud's psychosexual theory, Piaget's stages of development and ecological systems theory
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Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
- Erik Erikson (1902–1994) was a stage theorist who took Freud’s controversial theory of psychosexual development and modified it as a psychosocial theory.
- Erikson's stages of psychosocial development are based on (and expand upon) Freud's psychosexual theory.
- Erikson developed his eight stages of psychosocial development based on Freud's psychosexual theory.
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Psoriasis
- Quality of life is an issue for psoriasis patients, as they may feel self-conscious about the appearance of their skin and have a poor self-image that stems from fear of public rejection and psychosexual concerns.
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Evaluating the Psychodynamic Approach to Personality
- While sexuality and psychosexual development is found among human beings, scientists disagree about its supremacy in determining human personality.
- Freud believed that all disorders present in adults could be traced back to instances in their childhood at which point the transference of ill will from one person to another prevented the individual from mastering a certain stage of psychosexual development.
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Personality Psychology
- Freud also developed the psychosexual theory of development, in which personality develops during childhood through a series of psychosexual stages.
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Developmental Psychology
- Sigmund Freud suggested that we pass through a series of psychosexual stages in which our energy is focused on certain erogenous zones on the body.