Freud’s Psychosexual Stages of Development
Freud advanced a theory of personality development that centred on the effects of the sexual pleasure drive on the individual consciousness. The following five stages are based around the notion that with each stage, the child’s libido becomes centred around certain erogenous zones.
The Oral Stage
The oral stage begins at birth, when the oral cavity is the primary focus of libidal energy. The child, of course, preoccupies himself with nursing, with the pleasure of sucking and accepting things into the mouth.
The oral character who is frustrated at this stage, whose mother refused to nurse him on demand or who truncated nursing sessions early, is characterized by pessimism, envy, suspicion and sarcasm.
The overindulged oral character, whose nursing urges were always and often excessively satisfied, is optimistic, gullible, and is full of admiration for others around him.

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Quality of writing
The Quality of Written Communication is absolutely fine. Despite not accommodating longer, more elaborate sentences syntaxes as a result of not being a full-on essay, this candidate's QWC is still high and kept in good control.
Level of analysis
The Level of Analysis here isn't marked only AO1 (knowledge and understanding) is, so that will be evaluated here. The knowledge shown is extensive, even for a summary, and so much so that some of the information seems like guesswork (the personality types in later life due to fixations); this isn't something that will hinder the candidate though, as it is made clear they know what they are talking about and possesses further knowledge behind what they show - this has just been trimmed for efficiency. The candidate clearly demonstrates a critical understandings of the effects each psychosexual stage has on an individual and the psychology of each stage (erogenous foci, fixation), particularly the Phallic stage. Perhaps a bit more about the ideas of homosexuality starting in the phallic stage would enhance this answer, but given the other information in this section, it is by no means requisite.
Response to question
Though not a completely typically-structured essay, this is a very competent summary of the features of the psychosexual stages Freud proposed in his theory of infant to adult sexuality. The answer is clear and concise, and shows a good knowledge of the types of personality that develop as a result of fixation as well as successfully completing certain stages. The answer is also very nicely set out with a clear structure that aids the reader in appreciating and retaining the information easily.