Phsychology

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e three through five-year-olds go through the phallic stage.”(Freud, Civilization). “The child focuses on the genitals, as they discover it is enjoyable. Freud’s fourth stage is the latency stage, including children six to twelve years.”(Freud, Civilization). This is when their sexual interests are put on the back burn. “The last stage is the genital stage. Children going through puberty have a time of sexual reawakening. Other theorists criticized him by saying that there was more to development than sex.”(Freud, Civilization) They also said a person does not stop developing after they turn eighteen. “Freud did develop another theory that many author’s have described in their literary works which included the Id, Ego, and Superego. The Id, Ego, and Superego dealt with how the mind worked conscientiously and unconsciously. It also described the behavior of the human body and why we do the things we do. Freud was a real pessimist when it came to human nature. He identifies man’s weaknesses in saying that man is a biological cre...