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Stages of Psychoanalysis

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Describe the stages of Freud's psychoanalytic theory.

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What are the stages of Freud's theory?

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Sigmund Freud is the founder of psychoanalysis. Freud was a psychologist, physician, and an influential thinker of the early twentieth century (Encyclopedia of Philosophy). It was Freud's belief that the mind is a very complicated and complex energy-system. He focused heavily on the concepts of the unconscious, infantile sexuality, and repression. Freud's most important contribution was psychoanalysis and the science of the mind. Freud believed that humans developed though stages based upon particular erogenous zones (All Psych ...

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