Freud

Question 1

What is Freud’s psychoanalytic theory on personality development?

Answer 1

unresolved childhood issues

fixation model (traits depend on stage you get stuck at)

derive pleasure from activities (sucking, grasping)

emerge in later adult sexual activity

Question 2

What is the oral stage?

Answer 2

0-18mo
mouth: sucking (pleasure)
dependency
adult: dependent/passive or independent

objectless/narcissism (focus on themselves) to awareness of others (anxious when mother leaves)

Question 3

What is the Anal stage?

Answer 3

18mo-3.5 yrs
anus: elimination
self-control/obedience (toilet training)

Adult: 
anal expulsive (wasteful, mess) 
anal retentive (cleanliness, compulsive, control)

Question 4

Explain Freud’s concept of fixation?

Answer 4

Fixation at any stage leads to a preoccupation with the pleasures & issues

extent of fixation: magnitude of frustration

Question 5

What is the Phallic (oedipal) stage?

Answer 5

3.5-6yrs
penis
morality & sexual identity

oedipal complex: boy rivals father for mom - overcomes crisis = identify w/father, internalize superego (adopt parents morals)

electra complex: girls rivals mom for father - overcome = identify w/mom

Adult:
promiscuous or puritanical (strict morals)

Question 6

What is the latency stage?

Answer 6

6yrs - puberty (around 11yrs)

repress sexual feelings

Question 7

What is the Genital stage (puberty)?

Answer 7

puberty +
genitals
maturity & life enhancement (free from parents)