Freud developed his theory in the early 1990's. According to Freud, there are 3 personality structures, separate from each other, influencing our behaviour. These are the ID, ego and super ego.

... Psychology Assignment Introduction Freud developed his theory in the early 1990's. According to Freud, there are 3 personality structures, separate from each other, influencing our behaviour. These are the ID, ego and super ego. In this investigation, we concentrated particularly on the psychosexual development; we are born with sexual desires but change as we get older and the way we express them. When our desires change, we go to the next stage. There are 5 separate stages: 1) ORAL - child's lips get sensitised. 2) ANAL - anal muscles become sexually sensitised. 3) PHALIC - Most important stage of our life, the genitals become sensitised. The boys go through the Oedipus complex and the girls go through the Electra complex. These are when the child has sexual feelings for the parent of the opposite sex. However, they are terrified if the parent of the same sex will find out and so repress their thoughts into

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