midterm review Flashcards
what are the components of Freud’s iceberg model ?
Conscious - thoughts and perceptions (superego, ego)
Preconscious - memory and stored knowledge (superego, ego)
Unconscious - instinct fears and selfish motives, repressed ideas (superego, ID)
what is the superego?
the ethical component of the personality that provides the moral standards by which the ego operates (conscience)
what is the ego ?
part of you that considers social reality, rules and deciding how to behave
working out realistic ways to support the demands of the ID
enforces reality vs principle
what is the ID?
always there but prominent during infancy, where impulses reside, shaped by experiences
psychosexual stages of development are determined by?
the developing reproductive and biology/sexuality of the child
erogenous zone
an area of the body that produces pleasurable feeling
psychosexual developmental stages
oral (0-18 months)
anal (18-36 months)
phallic (3-6 years)
latent (6 years-puberty)
genital (puberty-death)
oral stage associated fixations
0-18 months
over doing or underdoing
taking away nourishing breast too soon or too late
* leads to conflict of too little or too much satisfaction of oral needs
may lead to oral fixation (smoking, drinking, excessive talking)
anal stage associated fixations
18- 36 months
withholding and releasing feces at will (potty training)
harsh potty training may lead to: explosive vs retentive
anal explosive
* sees messiness as a statement of personal control
* is somewhat destructive and hostile
anal retentive
* fear of making a mess, passive rebellion (refuses to go, retains feces)
* stingy, stubborn adults
phallic stage associated fixations
3-6 years
awakening of sexual feelings and curiosity
- child masturbates
- child discovers difference between sexes
castration anxiety vs penis envy, identifies with same sex parent
if parent attraction is encouraged, results in
- vanity
- promiscuity
- mama’s boy
latent stage associated fixations
6 - puberty
sexual feelings for opposite sex remain hidden
physical social and intellectual growth
cooties era, alot of same sex play
genital stage associated fixations
puberty till death
body is changing, sexual feelings cant be ignored
entry into adult behavior
oedipus complex
boys develop sexual attraction to mother and jealousy of the father
* leading to feeling of anxiety and fear of father
* boy represses sexual feeling and identifies with father , tries to be like him to suppress anxiety
elektra complex
girls develop attraction to father, identifies with mother
* The result of identification is development of the superego, the internalized moral values of the same sex parent
what is erikson’s theory of psychosocial development?
people advance through the stages of development based on how they adjust to social crises throughout their lives
ego syntonic?
prosocial development : appropriate response to the situation
Successful achievement of task in crisis leads to growth and success with later tasks