Fixations
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psychologySI on January 25, 2012
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FVpsychFall2012, FVPsy200OnlineGroup, FVPsy200Spring2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 fixation | when a person gets stuck in a particular stage of psychosexual development and continues to seek pleasure through behaviors associated with the erogenous zone of that stage because they have an unresolved need (they were frustrated) or a reluctance to move on (they were over indulgence) |
| erogneous zone | area of the body that brings (sexual) pleasure |
| oral-accepting | an oral fixation personality type in which the person is passive and likes to put things in his/her mouth such as smokers, over-eaters, pencil biters, nail biters, thumb-suckers. etc. because the person was frustrated or over-indulged during weaning |
| oral-rejecting | an oral fixation personality type in which the person is obnoxious, loud-mouthed, verbally aggressive/abusive, sarcastic, sassy, talkative, etc.because the person was frustrated or over-indulged during weaning |
| anal-retentive | an anal fixation personality type in which the person is excessively clean, organized, uptight, well planned, and somewhat obsessive-compulsive because the person was frustrated or over-indulged during potty-training |
| anal-expulsive | an anal fixation personality type in which the person is excessively messy, disorganized, silly, sloppy with poor hygiene, etc. because the person was frustrated or over-indulged during potty-training |
| homosexuality, transexual, sexual deviant, etc. | a phallic fixation personality type in which the person becomes sexually deviant because they were unable to identify with the same-sex parent (correctly go through the process of identification) |
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