Introduction to Psychology/Child and Adolescent Psychology/Contributions of Freud

Freud's development theory Sigmund Freud - psychosexual theory Oral and anal Id desires pleasure from erogenous zones. The ego is emerging and keeping the id in check as children learn to delay gratification Phallic As a result of unconscious sexual desires for opposite-sex parent, children learn to identify with same-sex parents. It is through this identification that the child acquires the superego. Latency emergence of superego produces shame because of sexual desires. Sexual feelings are repressed. Genital Children mature into adolescents. Sexual identities are formed.