What is Anal stage?
[[File:Sigmund Freud Anciano.jpg|thumb|Freud in the late 1930s]] The '''anal stage''' is the second stage in [[Sigmund Freud]]'s psychosexual development theory. Freud believed the personality developed through several stages during childhood. These stages focused on the erogenous zones. The anal stage occurs between ages 18 months to three years. This is the period when a child [[toilet]] trains. According to Freud, pleasure is derived from controlling the [[anus]] (the primary erogenous zone) and the [[bladder]]. A toilet training conflict or fixation results in a rigid or disordered personality.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/ss/psychosexualdev_3.htm |author=Cherry, K. |title=The anal stage - psychosexual development |access-date=August 31, 2012 |archive-date=November 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119000927/http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/ss/psychosexualdev_3.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Notes == {{reflist}} [[Category:Sigmund Freud]] [[Category:Psychoanalysis]]