... in problems later in life (Miller & Shelly, 2001, p. 34). The five stages that Freud came up with are: anal, genital, latent, oral and phallic. The anal stage which starts when the child is two years old and the focus of pleasure shifts to the anus rather than ... oral (which will be discussed later in the paper) The anus helps the child to become aware of the bowels and how they work ... replays from crises from childhood. In fact, Freud believed that unconscious sexual conflicts rooted in childhood experiences cause most personality disturbances (Weiten, 2001, p. 495). The oral stage ...

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