According to the document, Freud believed that personality develops through a series of childhood psychosexual stages. The latency stage occurs from ages 6 to puberty. During this stage, sexual desires are repressed and the child explores their environment through games, play and peer relationships to develop social and intellectual skills. This helps the child redirect their energy from the stressful conflicts of earlier psychosexual stages. The goal of the latency stage is to suppress sexual interests and channel energy into emotionally safe pursuits that aid in social and cognitive development.

1. LATENCY STAGE
PRENTED BY:-
RAVI SHANKAR KUMAR
M.A . 3rd SEMESTER

2. • Psychosexual stages were given by Sigmund
Freud.
• According to him, personality is mostly
established by the age of five. Early
experiences play a large role in personality
development and continue to influence
behavior later in life.
• Freud believed that personality develops
through a series of childhood stages during
which the pleasure-seeking energies of the
Id become focused on certain erogenous
areas. This psychosexual energy, or libido
(sex drive), was described as the driving
force behind behavior.

3. • According to him from birth on, we have an
innate tendency to seek pleasure, especially
through physical stimulation and particularly
through stimulation of parts/zones of the body
that are sensitive to touch:
• The mouth
• The anus
• The genitals
Which are referred to as erogenous zones.
• Various body zones are active as per the age
and stage or there occur shift of dominant
erogenous zone from one age/ stage to other.

4. LATENCY
• AGE GROUP – 7 to 13 years .
• Sexual thoughts repressed- Sublimation
• Child explores
• Focus is on social and intellectual skills

5. • At this stage, sexual drive lay dormant. The stage begins
around the time that children enter into school and become
more concerned with peer relationships, hobbies and other
interests.
• Sexual energy is still present, but it is directed into other
areas such as intellectual pursuits and social interactions.
• Child usually has few opposite sex friends.
• This stage is important in the development of social and
communication skills and self-confidence.
• A sign of fixation in this stage is a lack of close friends

6. • It occurs at approximately
between 6 years of age until
puberty.
• At this stage, the child represses
all interest in sexuality and
develops social and intellectual
skills.

7. • The pursuit of social and academic
activities channels much of the
child’s energy into emotionally
safe areas and aids the child in
forgetting the highly stressful
conflicts of the phallic stage

8. • Sexual desires renewed
• Individual seeks relationships with others

9. Stage Age Point of Interest Activities for
Gratification
Latency 6-puberty Environment -games, play
FREUD’S PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES DEVELOPMENT
During the latent period, the point of interests are
suppressed. The stage begins around the time that children
enter into school and become more concerned with peer
relationships, hobbies and other interests.
The latent period is a time of exploration in which the sexual
energy is still present, but it is directed into other areas such
as intellectual pursuits and social interactions. This stage is
important in the development of social and communication
skills and self-confidence.

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