... the entire panorama of human development and addresses the vast impact it has on the behavior and development of the individual. Sigmund Freud (1856 -1939), the fore father of classical psychoanalytical theory, emphasizes that our actions are the results of ideas that arise in our unconscious level of awareness. Freud proposed that essential childhood development needed three stages to complete which are characterized by sexual interest and pleasure on particular parts of the body. Berger (1998, p32) states 'in infancy, it is the mouth (the oral stage), early childhood it is the anus (anal stage), and in the preschool years it is the genitalia (the phallic stage)'. Freud claimed that the satisfaction associated with the three stages is essential in major development of the human identity. Erik H. Erikson's neo - psychoanalytical theory is based on eight stages of development, called "the psychosocial stages". Wu (2005, p.1) states 'each stage is ...

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