Define Three Important Dimensions of Structure

question 18

Essay

Define three important dimensions of structure.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stages

A central element of Freudian theory positing that individual personality development occurs through five stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) from infancy to adulthood, each focusing on sexual pleasure from different body areas.

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Within the psychoanalytic framework, this refers to the segment of the psyche where innate primal impulses and fundamental processes become apparent.

Erogenous Zones

Specific areas of the human body that have heightened sensitivity, which, when stimulated, may produce a sexual response.

Orally Fixated

In psychoanalytic theory, a term describing individuals who experience intense satisfaction or frustration related to mouth-oriented activities due to unresolved conflicts in early psychosexual development.