What is the last stage of Freud's psychosexual development?

The last stage of Freud's psychosexual development is the Genital Stage. This stage begins in adolescence, typically around the onset of puberty, and continues into adulthood. During this phase, the focus of interest is on mature sexual intimacy. Freud posited that individuals seek to develop healthy sexual relationships and establish a balance between various aspects of life, including love and work.

In this stage, sexual impulses that may have been dormant during the Latency Stage are reawakened and become increasingly pronounced. This is where individuals start to navigate and explore their sexual orientation and relationships more fully, integrating their experiences from earlier developmental stages. The emphasis is on the formation of a genuine sexual relationship that leads to reproduction, thereby fulfilling one of the primary drives of human life according to Freud.

The other stages, such as Latency, Phallic, and Anal, represent earlier phases in the development process that focus on different aspects of personality and conflict resolution. Each of these earlier stages lays the foundation for healthy sexual and emotional relationships in the final stage, but they do not encompass the complete and mature sexual identity that characterizes the Genital Stage.