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Freud’s psychosexual stages of development

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Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual stages describe how personality development occurs during infancy and childhood.

At each stage, libido builds up in a specific body part, such as the mouth or anus. ‘Libido’ is Freud’s term to represent ‘sexual energy’, with ‘sexual’ being a broad term for anything pleasurable.

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