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  2. Fixation (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Fixation (German: Fixierung) [1] is a concept (in human psychology) that was originated by Sigmund Freud (1905) to denote the persistence of anachronistic sexual traits. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The term subsequently came to denote object relationships with attachments to people or things in general persisting from childhood into adult life.

  3. Freud's psychoanalytic theories - Wikipedia

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    Freud's theory of psychosexual development is represented amongst five stages. According to Freud, each stage occurs within a specific time frame of one's life. If one becomes fixated in any of the five stages, he or she will develop personality traits that coincide with the specific stage and its focus.

  4. Regression (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] Behaviors associated with regression can vary greatly depending upon the stage of fixation: one at the oral stage might result in excessive eating or smoking, or verbal aggression, whereas one at the anal stage might result in excessive tidiness or messiness. Freud recognised that "it is possible for several fixations to be left behind ...

  5. Psychosexual development - Wikipedia

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    Some feminists criticize Freud's psychosexual development theory as being sexist and phallocentric, [22] arguing that it was overly informed by his own self-analysis. In response to the Freudian concept of penis envy in the development of the feminine Oedipus complex, the German Neo-Freudian psychoanalyst Karen Horney , counter-proposed that ...

  6. Anal stage - Wikipedia

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    The anal stage is the second stage in Sigmund Freud's theory of psychosexual development, taking place approximately between the ages of 18 months and three years.In this stage, the anal erogenous zone becomes the primary focus of the child's libidinal energy.

  7. Intellectualization - Wikipedia

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    Intellectualization is a transition to reason, where the person avoids uncomfortable emotions by focusing on facts and logic. The situation is treated as an interesting problem that engages the person on a rational basis, whilst the emotional aspects are completely ignored as being irrelevant.

  8. Latency stage - Wikipedia

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    The latency stage may begin around the age of 7 (the end of early childhood) and may continue until puberty, which happens around the age of 13.The age range is affected by childrearing practices; mothers in developed countries, during the time when Freud was forming his theories, were more likely to stay at home with young children, and adolescents began puberty on average later than ...

  9. Cognitive inhibition - Wikipedia

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    Freud believed cognitive inhibition was not just a lack of awareness to stimuli, but an active process, requiring a constant energy expenditure. [ 2 ] Other early theories of cognitive inhibition focused on its central developmental mechanisms and were founded by Luria and Vygotsky, two Russian psychologists.