Module 44
psychosexual stages
childhoodstages of development
ID's pleasure seeking energy focus on distinct erogenous zones
oral
0-18 months
pleasure centers on the mouth-sucking, biting, chewing
Anal
18-36 months
pleasure focuses on boweland bladder elimination, coping with demands for control
Phallic
3-6 years
pleasure zones is the genital: coping with incestous sexual feelings
latency
6 years- puberty
phase of dormant sexual feelings
genital
puberty- on
maturation of sexual interests
opedius complex
boys sexual desires towards mother
Electra complex
girls sexual desires towards father
fixate and two aspects
cognition aspect: inability to see a problem from a new perspective
psychoanalytic aspect: focus of pleasure seeking and in which conflicts were unresolved
personality
charactersitic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting
psychodynamic theory
theories that view personality with a focus on the unconscious and importance of childhood experiences
psychanalysis
1) Freuds theory of personality
2) Freuds therapeutic technique
unconscious
reservoir for unacceptable thoughts,wishes, feelings of which we are unaware
Free association
exploring the unconsious mind where one relaxes and says WHATEVER comes to mind
ID
"pleasure principle"
seeks instant irrational gratification
ego
"middle man" finds way to satisfy pleasyre ina reasonable way for long term satisfaction
superego
provides standards for judgement, strives for perfection and no flaws
Identification
process by which children incorporate parents values into developing superegos
defense mechanisms
distorting reality to reduce anxiety
Repression
basic defense mechanism that banishes conscience arousing anxious thoughts
regression
retreating to early psychosexual stage
reaction formation
acting opposite to how one actually feels
projection
disguising behaviour impules and attributing them to others
rationilization
self justification
displacement
shifting impulses onto a LESS threatening object or person
denial
refusing to believe reality
NeoFreudians
adopt freuds technique and accept basic ideas
collective unconsious
Carl Jung's concept of collecting shared inherited reservoir of memory traces from species theory
false consensus effect
tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share behaviour/ beliefs
terror-management theory
death-related anxiety, explores peoples emotions towards impeding death
Thematic apprectaition test
people express inner feelings through stories and make up ambigous stories
projective test
personality test designed to trigger people's inner dynamics
Rosarch inkblot test
how people interpret 10 inkblots by expressing their inner feelings