Latency stage
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The latency stage is the fourth stage of Sigmund Freud's model of a child's psychosexual development. Freud believed that the child discharges their libido (sexual energy) through a distinct body area that characterizes each stage.
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For other uses, see Latent period.
The stages are:
- the 'oral phase' (first stage)
- the 'anal phase' (second stage)
- the 'phallic phase' (third stage)
- the 'latency phase' (fourth stage)
- the 'genital phase' (fifth stage).