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Oral stage: Birth - 18 months (approx.)
Physical focus: mouth, lips tongue (sucking). Sucking is the primary source of pleasure for a newborn. Everything goes in the mouth. Sucking = food.
Anal Stage: 18 months - 3.5 years (approx.)
Physical focus: anus (elimination). Until now the baby has had it pretty easy. Now baby is supposed to control bowels. Freud believed baby’s sexual pleasure centred around the anus at this time.
Phallic Stage: 3.5 - 6 years (approx.)
Physical focus: penis. Freud believed that boys and girls both focussed on the penis. Children become particularly interested in playing with their genitals at this stage.
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