Attatchment_Theories

Attatchment Theories ntroduction. There are a number of theorists that have carried out vast research and have come to varying conclusions on what attachment is. Sigmund Freud was such a theorist. Sigmund Freud He put forward the notion that a child goes through their development in ‘Psychosexual Stages’. Freud viewed this theory as a child needing to change their erogenous zones as they age. With this he claims that if a child transfers its libidinal energy, meaning the emotional energy which is usually sexually related, successfully then the energy will move on to the next zone. Yet if there are problems such as frustration or overindulgence, then the energy will become either transfixed in the zone it is in or it will fall back to an earlier zone. This will mean that development will be impaired. There are altogether five stages in Freud’s theory, they are: 1) The Oral Stage. This is from birth to 18 months old. 2) The Anal Stage. This is from 18 months to 3-5 years old. 3) The Phallic Stage. This is from 3-5 to 6-8 years old. 4) The Latency Stage. This is from 6-8 to puberty. 5) The Genital Stage. This is from puberty to death. Freud infant, stage, child, stranger, theory, mother, yet, old, attachment, age, own, one, appendix, time, development, years, order, because, three, stages, seemed, parent, months, look, crisis, two, room, parents, attached, starts, behaviour, able, zone, without