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Psychological Terms – Anal Stage
In Freud’s psychosexual theory, the second stage of libidinal development, generally occurring between ages 2 and 3.
The child’s instinctual energy becomes centered on the anal region, making excretion and bodily control a primary source of psychological meaning.
This phase is associated with the strengthening of sadomasochistic impulses and the elaboration of symbolic relationships—faeces may come to represent gifts, money, or emotional value.
Freud first outlined this stage in 1913 (“The Disposition to Obsessional Neurosis”) and formally placed it between the oral and phallic stages in his 1915 revision of Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality.
In his 1917 paper, he famously described the logic of withholding and giving: faeces → gifts → money.
Also termed the anal-sadistic stage.
In Freud’s psychosexual theory, the second stage of libidinal development, generally occurring between ages 2 and 3.
The child’s instinctual energy becomes centered on the anal region, making excretion and bodily control a primary source of psychological meaning.
This phase is associated with the strengthening of sadomasochistic impulses and the elaboration of symbolic relationships—faeces may come to represent gifts, money, or emotional value.
Freud first outlined this stage in 1913 (“The Disposition to Obsessional Neurosis”) and formally placed it between the oral and phallic stages in his 1915 revision of Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality.
In his 1917 paper, he famously described the logic of withholding and giving: faeces → gifts → money.
Also termed the anal-sadistic stage.
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