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Phallic stage — The Phallic Stage of Psychosexual Development The Phallic stage is the third stage of Sigmund Freud s theory of psychosexual development that occurs between the ages of 4 and 6. The source of pleasure at this stage is the genitals. This is also… … Wikipedia
Latency stage — OverviewFreud describes in his model of psychosexual development five stages. In this model the latency period is the fourth stage. The other stages are the oral phase (first stage), the anal phase (second stage), the phallic phase (third stage)… … Wikipedia
Conversion therapy — Conversion therapy, sometimes called reparative therapy or reorientation therapy, is one type of sexual orientation change effort that attempts to change the sexual orientation of a person from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual.[1] These… … Wikipedia
Oedipus complex — n 1) a child s positive libidinal feelings toward the parent of the opposite sex and hostile or jealous feelings toward the parent of the same sex that develop usu. between the ages of three and six and that may be a source of adult personality… … Medical dictionary
psychoanalysis — A psychological theory and a method of treatment of psychological disorders, developed initially by Sigmund Freud , and extended in a variety of ways by later psychoanalysts. James A. C. Brown s Freud and the Post Freudians (1964) is still a good … Dictionary of sociology
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Oedipus complex — in Freudian theory, repressed sexual feelings of a child for its opposite sexed parent, combined with rivalry towards the same sexed parent: said to be a normal stage of development. The end of the Oedipus complex in children is marked by a loss… … The new mediacal dictionary
clones + cloning — by Richard J. Lane At first cloning appears to be the end: the end of totality (clones are built from parts, which contain all of an individual s genetic code); the end of sexual difference (since clones do not need male and female parents); … The Baudrillard dictionary
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Freud, Sigmund — (1856 1939) Famous as the founder of the psychoanalytic movement, Freud developed the basic ideas which still underlie psychoanalysis , in all its variants. His influence on modern psychology has also been immense but often indirect. He has been… … Dictionary of sociology
