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Latency Stage : This stage lasts from about worked with him and then moved on to seven years until puberty. During this develop their own versions of the period, the child continues to grow psychoanalytic theory. These theorists physically, but sexual urges are relatively have been called neo-analytic, or post- inactive. Much of a child’s energy is Freudian in order to differentiate their channelled into social or achievement- work from Freud’s. These theories are related activities. characterised by less prominent roles to sexual and aggressive tendencies of the id Genital Stage : During this stage, the and expansion of the concept of ego. The person attains maturity in psychosexual development. The sexuality, fears and human qualities of creativity, competence, repressed feelings of earlier stages are oncend problem solving abilities are emphasised. Some of these theories are again exhibited. People learn to deal with briefly described here. members of the opposite sex in a socially and sexually mature way. However, if the journey towards this stage is marked by Carl Jung : Aims and Aspirations excessive stress or over-indulgence, it may Jung worked with Freud in his early stages cause fixation to an earlier stage of of career, but later on he broke away from development. Freud. Jung saw human beings guided as Freud’s theory also postulates that as much by aims and aspirations as by sex children proceed from one stage to another and aggression. He developed his own stage of development, they seem to adjust theory of personality, called analytical their view of the world. Failure of a child psychology. The basic assumption of his to pass successfully through a stage leads theory is that personality consists of to fixation to that stage. In this situationcompeting forces and structures within the the child’s development gets arrested at an individual (that must be balanced) rather earlier stage. For example, a child who than between the individual and the does not pass successfully through the demands of society, or between the phallic stage fails to resolve the Oedipal individual and reality. complex and may still feel hostile toward Jung claimed that there was a the parent of the same sex. This failure collective unconscious consisting of may have serious consequences for the archetypes or primordial images. These child’s life. Such a boy may come to are not individually acquired, but are consider that men are generally hostile, inherited. The God or the Mother Earth is and may wish to relate to females in a a good example of archetypes. They are dependable relationship. Regression is found in myths, dreams and arts of all also a likely outcome in such situations. mankind. Jung held that the self strives for It takes a person back to an earlier stage. unity and oneness. It is an archetype that Regression occurs when a person’s is expressed in many ways. He devoted resolution of problems at any stage of much of his efforts to the study of such development is less than adequate. In this situation, people display behaviours typicalexpressions in various traditions. According to him, for achieving unity and of a less mature stage of development. wholeness, a person must become increasingly aware of the wisdom available Post-Freudian Approaches in one’s personal and collective A number of theorists further developed unconscious, and must learn to live in their ideas following Freud. Some had harmony with it. 37 Chapter 2 • Self and Personality Reprint 2026-27