Psychosexual Stages of Development
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From the psychodynamic viewpoint, the presence of an uncaring mother or the absence of a mother could adversely affect one or more stages of lifespan development.
Why do you think Freud believed the mother (and not the father) was uniquely responsible for this aspect of development?
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The psychosexual stages of development are organized into the Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, and Genital Stages. However, the Oral stage focuses on needs that can only be satisfied by the mother. The implication is that the presence of an uncaring mother or the absence of a mother could adversely affect one or more stages of lifespan development in ways that the father cannot, making him less important in infancy which is the cornerstone of life.
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From a psychodynamic viewpoint, the absolute necessity of a mother is clearly delineated in the Psychosexual Stages of Development. There first integral phase of development is congruent with needing the mother and not needing the father. For example, in the ...
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