adult or final stage of psychosexual development in which conflicts have been resolved, libidinal drives regulated, and character structure integrated.
in Freud's theory, the last stage of personality development, associated with puberty, during which the individual develops erotic attachments to others. (446)
In psychoanalytic theory, the stage of psychosexual development reached in adult sexuality in which sexual pleasure involves not only one's own gratification but also the social and bodily satisfaction brought to another person.
Is the last stage of Freud's psychosexual theory of personality development and begins in puberty. It is a time of adolescent sexual experimentation, the successful resolution of which is settling down in a loving one-to-one relationship with another in our 20's or so.
In psychoanalytic theory, the final psychosexual stage, reached in adulthood, in which heterosexual interests predominate.
(psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity
Freudian term used to describe the last stage of psychosexual development during which the change from autoeroticism to heterosexual interest occurs.
In Freud?s psychoanalytic theory, the final stage of psychosexual development, beginning at puberty and culminating in mature adult sexuality. See also psychosexual development.
The genital stage in psychology is the term used by Sigmund Freud to describe the final stage of human psychosexual development. According to Freud's theories, this stage begins at puberty and constitutes mature adult sexuality.