Freud classified the psychological stages of childhood development in terms of psycho-sexual stages. He identified five stages which are or-al, an-al, phallic, latency and geni-tal. Each stage signifies and represents the sexual desires of an individual. The stages represent the development of each body part as the individual grows. The last stage in which the genital stage begins when the individual hits his puberty. It leads towards building relationships, gaining se-xual pleasures and se-xual inter-course.
Erik Erikson was a developmental psychologist whose theories centred on psychosocial development. Erikson viewed play as a necessary factor for social development.
