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  • Essay / Analysis of Sigmund Freud's Psychodynamic Theory

    If we look at Freud's theory, personality is formed when an individual goes through a series of stages from childhood to adulthood ( McLeod, 2008). These five stages are known as “psychosexual development.” Through each of these stages, the personality is shaped and formed, the different stages are oral, anal, phallic, latent and genital (R. Gross, 2015). If these stages are not resolved or completed, fixation may occur, which can be detrimental to an individual's personality development (Lahey,