Georgette’s Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Certification LMR Practice Exam

Freud’s psychosexual development unfolds in a sequence where energy moves through different erogenous zones. After the Latency period, which features a lull in overt sexual interest and a focus on learning, friendships, and skills, the libido reawakens at puberty. This leads into the Genital stage, where mature sexual instincts emerge and the energy is directed toward forming intimate relationships and, potentially, procreation. So the Genital stage is the one that follows Latency. Earlier stages — Oral, Anal, and Phallic — come before Latency in the developmental timeline, and Genital succeeds Latency.