Before revision: Receiving a strong impression from one of these stages, in which case the person's personality would reflect that stage throughout adult life.Freud, Sexuality p. 167 "An excessively strong manifestation of these instincts at a very early age [which] leads to a kind of partial fixation, which then constitutes a weak point in the structure of the sexual function".Sigmund Freud, Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis (Penguin 1995) p. 73 As Freud's thought developed, so did the range of possible 'fixation points' he saw as significant in producing particular neuroses.Angela Richards, "Editor's Note", Sigmund Freud, On Psychopathology (Penguin Freud Library 10) p. 132 However, he continued to view fixation as "the manifestation of very early linkages – linkages which it is hard to resolve – between instincts and impressions and the objects involved in those impressions".Freud, Psychopathology pp.
After revision: Receiving a strong impression from one of these stages, in which case the person's personality would reflect that stage throughout adult life.Freud, Sexuality p. 167 "An excessively strong manifestation of these instincts at a very early age [which] leads to a kind of partial fixation, which then constitutes a weak point in the structure of the sexual function".Sigmund Freud, Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis (Penguin 1995) p. 73 As Freud's thought developed, so did the range of possible 'fixation points' he saw as significant in producing particular neuroses.Angela Richards, "Editor's Note", Sigmund Freud, On Psychopathology (Penguin Freud Library 10) p. 132 However, he continued to view fixation as "the manifestation of very early linkages which it is hard to between instincts and impressions and the objects involved in those impressions".Freud, Psychopathology pp.