Psychology: Freud – Psycho-sexual Stages
Grade Level:
Multi
Subject:
Psychology
Prepared By:
Overview & Purpose
L. Korpics
Education Standards Addressed
Technique of treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret
unconscious tensions a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes feelings and
APA (American Psychological Association)
Advanced Placement Guide – College Board
memories. Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality sought to explain what he
observed during exploration of the unconscious. Focus on human development as driven
by certain benchmarks based on pleasure principle.
Objectives
(Specify skills/information that will
be learned.)
Information
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information)
Verification
(Steps to check for student
understanding)
Activity
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reinforce this lesson)
Assessment:
Teacher Guide
Student Guide
SWBAT: understand Freudian
Psychoanalytical Theory, Psycho-sexual
Stages, Conscious, Preconscious, and
Subconscious
Notes: Freudian ID/EGO/SUPER EGO
Psycho-Sexual Stages, Importance of
unconscious motives. Criticisms of
Freud.
ID – drives EGO – mediates ID and
Super Ego Super Ego – internalized
ideas. Oral Phase, Anal, Phallic, Latent,
Genital
Devil on one shoulder, Angel on the
other – you in the middle
O/A/P/L/G
Examples: Infant Development
What is it meant if someone is “Anal?”
What stage were they stuck at
according to Freud?
Notes/PowerPoint/ Inquiry/Discussion –
Oedipus/Electra Complex, Penis
Envy – what are some developmental
reasons not based in libido?
Group activity where students will come
up with adult issues based on Freud’s
Stages of Psycho-Sexual Development
QUIZ: Freud
ACTIVITY
Discuss Examples
Psychotherapy Today – differences
Dreams, Defense Mechanisms, (touch
on briefly – cover later in other units)
Materials Needed
 Pen
 Notebook
 Text: “Psychology and
You”
 Reading: Freud
Other Resources
Projector/Computer/Photos
CHART: ID EGO SUPER EGO
CHART: Psycho-Sexual Stages
Other Freudians?
Jung – move away from Freud
Discuss: Where is Freud
lacking in his explanation of
human behavior? Where do
you think he had a point?