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control. Is it dirty? Is it okay? Bodily expulsions Doubt
are the centre of the world, and the pivot
around which early character is formed. Am I
pleasing my mum and dad? Are they making me
feel good or bad about my bottom? Am I okay or
naughty? Again the young child's actual
experiences through this stage have a deep
effect on the unconscious and behaviours and
preferences in later life.
training
3. Phallic Stage - Phallic is not restricted to boys. 3. Initiative v 3-6 yrs, preThis stage is focused on resolving reproductive Guilt
school,
issues. This is a sort of dry run before the real
nursery
game starts in adolescence. Where do babies
come from? Can I have a baby? Why has dad got
a willy and I've not? Why have I got a willy and
mum hasn't? Why do they tell me off for
touching my bits and pieces down there? (Boys)
I'm going to marry mum (and maybe kill dad).
(Girls) I'm in love with my dad. Oedipus
Complex, Penis envy, Castration Anxiety, etc. "If
you touch yourself down there it'll fall off/heal
up.." Inevitably once more, experiences in this
stage have a profound effect on feelings and
behaviour and libido in later life. If you want to
know more about all this I recommend you read
about Freud, not Erikson, and I repeat that
understanding Freud's psychosexual theory is
not required for understanding and using
Erikson's concepts.
4. Latency Stage - Sexual dormancy or 4. Industry v 5-12
yrs,
repression. The focus is on learning, skills, Inferiority
early school
schoolwork. This is actually not a psychosexual
stage because basically normally nothing
formative happens sexually. Experiences, fears
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