in Freudian theory, the first stage of psychosexual development; mouth or oral activities are the main source of pleasure.
the earliest stage of psychosexual development in which interest centers around sucking, feeding, and biting.
In psychoanalytic theory, the first psychosexual stage, which extends into the second year; during this stage the mouth is the principal erogenous zone.
In psychoanalytic theory, the earliest stage of psychosexual development during which the primary source of bodily pleasure is stimulation of the mouth and lips, as in sucking at the breast.
(psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting
The first year's psychosexual development, consisting of the oral erotic (sucking) and the oral sadistic (biting). Addiction, depression and character traits such as pessimism have been traced to failure to resolve these conflicting predispositions.
in Freud's theory, the stage of personality development, between birth and age 1 year, during which the infant gains pleasure from oral activities and faces a conflict over weaning. (446)
In Freud?s psychoanalytic theory, the first stage of psychosexual development; pleasure derives from the lips and mouth, as in sucking at the mother?s breast. See also psychosexual development.
The oral stage in psychology is the term used by Sigmund Freud to describe the child's development during the first 18 to 24 months of life, in which an infant's pleasure centers are in the mouth. This is the first of Freud's psychosexual stages.
