Psychosexual Development Research Papers Samples For Students

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Thesis Statement
“Deliberately ambiguous”, as Seth MacFarlane the producer of the show “Family Guy” describes him, Stewie Griffin is a confused child, when it comes to his sexuality, although he has all the abilities and features for being a genius. Stewie Griffin is a character born out of the Macfarlane’s ambitions of featuring a personage meant to generate humor because of his sexual confusion and in the same time facing the biological and psychodynamic challenges of his age.

Aims and Purposes of the Paper

The current paper aims to debate Stewie Griffin’s sexuality, as the character develops in the TV series “Family Guy”. In this respect, ...

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Air, food, water, shelter, clothing – these are the basic things that humans need in order to live. However, there are other needs that must be met for the complete fulfilment of human existence. In 1943, Abraham Maslow proposed the Hierarchy of Needs, a five-stage model that shows the different needs that humans are motivated to achieve (McLeod, 2014). Based on this model, people are motivated to fulfil the lower level needs first before they desire to fulfill the higher level needs. This hierarchy begins with the biological and physiological needs, which includes “air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, ...

- Introduction
It was Sigmund Freud who first suggested that human psychosexual development is heavily influenced by one’s relationship with one’s father or mother (Katz-Wise 2). However, in reality, the development of sexuality is quite different and significantly more complex. Gender identity has become different from sexual identity, and one’s sexual orientation is different still (Katz-Wise 2). Before detailing the prevailing arguments regarding sexual identity and all the issues that go along with it, it is first important to understand the nature of the discussion.
Sexual identity, for the purposes of discussion here, will ...

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Regarded as the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist by profession. Psychoanalysis is a clinical method developed by Freud in order to treat patients with psychopathology through an exchange of dialogue between psychoanalyst and a patient. In his creation of psychoanalysis, Freud came up with the concepts of id, ego, superego and defense mechanisms in order to resolve the conflicts between the trios. His psychoanalytic views on feminism and gender have sparked controversy in his own life time and still are a topic of debate and discussion. This paper would discuss in detail about Freudian psychoanalysis, his psychoanalytic ...

Developmental psychology is a branch in psychology which relates to the physical, social, emotional, psychological and cognitive changes throughout a person’s life span, from conception until death. Throughout the history of developmental psychology, there are several theories which have evolved that seek to explain the various developmental stages in an individual. In the area of child development, two major theories are those advanced by Sigmund Freud and Erik Ericson. These two theories will be discussed and differentiated in greater detail in this essay.
Freud’s theory on the developmental stages of an individual is described according to the psychosexual development. ...

Blair Waldorf is one of the main characters of the TV series Gossip Girl (Von, 2003). The show revolves around the life of teenagers and the typical issues of that age; love, sex, and conflict. Belonging to an elite family of New York, Blair is known as the Queen Bee of Manhattan's social scene. However, her actions are under the constant scrutiny of an anonymous blogger; Gossip Girl. This person continues to update New York’s youth via the digital world of technology. These posts did not only expose the scandalous life of the elites, but it was also ...

Abstract

In the present paper, the issues of female sexuality and abuse in the framework of generational development are analyzed. The studied topic refers to the characters of Tyler Perry’s screening of the famous feminist play of 1970s “Four Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” by Ntozake Shange. In this context, the main aim of the present essay is to make psycho-social analysis of the one of the main characters named Tangie in respect to her relationship with her mother Alice and sister Nyla. In this context, all three characters and their interconnection are ...