This document provides an overview of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, including his concepts of the id, ego, and superego; psychosexual stages of development from oral to genital; and defense mechanisms like repression, denial, reaction formation, and projection. The psychosexual stages include the oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages. Fixations can occur if a child's needs are under- or over-gratified during these stages. Anxiety arises from tensions between the id's desires and the superego's restrictions. Defense mechanisms help protect the ego from this anxiety.
This document provides an overview of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, including his concepts of the id, ego, and superego; psychosexual stages of development from oral to genital; and…