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ORAL STAGE [3 records]

Record 1 2012-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
DEF

the second phase of the oral stage. It is distinguished by the appearance of teeth and the activity of biting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
DEF

Deuxième temps du stade sadique, marqué par l'apparition des dents et de l'activité de morsure.

OBS

Stade sadique anal (ou sadico-anal) : stade du développement psychique infantile, caractérisé par des pulsions sadiques, qui fait suite au stade oral et précède le stade phallique ou génital.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
OBS

of the proceedings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

stage of personality development, the earliest one during infancy, in which the desire for nourishment of the senses ... is dominant.

CONT

Freudians claim that in normal development the child undergoes the invariant transition from a so-called oral stage to an anal stage to a genital stage, and they attribute various aspects of psychological dysfunctions in the adult to an earlier failure to move successfully from one stage to the next.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
DEF

période initiale du développement de l'affectivité. Les premières relations de l'enfant avec le monde extérieur s'ordonnent autour du plaisir de la succion et de la présence maternelle.

Spanish

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