... gains pleasure from holding the faeces. In this stage the child finds restrictions due to socially unacceptable behaviours and also finds social implications in pleasing others. The final stage is the phallic stage lasting from about 3 to 5. The erogenous zone is the genitals. Later after much criticism of the strict age limit Freud added the latent stage and the genital stage. The latent stage is the focus on studies and intellect and the genital stage is the development of mature adult sexual feelings due to mature love being possible. Fixation might occur in one of these stages which leads to unconscious preoccupation with one of the psychosexual stages. Frustration or over gratification within one of these stages means that the adult can suffer from anxieties. The young boy also goes through the'Oedipus complex'. Later Freud devised the 'Electra complex' for girls but he was never content with this conclusion. Freud states ...

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