Psychoanalytics (L3) Flashcards
What is the first stage of development in Freud’s psychosexual stages?
Oral: Pleasure centres on the mouth e.g. Sucking biting chewing. 0-18 months old.
What is the focus of pleasure in the anal stage according to Freud?
Bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control. 18-36 months.
What significant concept is associated with the phallic stage in Freudian theory?
Oedipus complex and castration anxiety.
What age range is associated with the latency stage in Freud’s theory?
6-puberty age.
What characterizes the genital stage in Freud’s stages of development?
Maturation of sexual interests. Puberty onwards.
What is the first stage of Erikson’s psychosocial development?
Oral: Trust vs Mistrust. Physical and emotional needs. 0-1 Year.
What conflict is associated with the anal stage in Erikson’s theory?
Autonomy vs Shame and doubt.
What is the main challenge during the phallic stage in Erikson’s psychosocial development?
Initiative vs guilt.
What is the focus of the latency stage in Erikson’s theory?
Industry vs inferiority.
What psychosocial conflict arises during adolescence in Erikson’s stages?
Identity vs role confusion.
What is the developmental challenge in young adulthood according to Erikson?
Intimacy vs isolation.
What is the focus of the middle age stage in Erikson’s theory?
Generativity vs stagnation.
What is the final stage in Erikson’s psychosocial development?
Integrity vs Despair.
What is a weakness of psychoanalysis?
Sometimes can be hard to measure.
Name a strength of psychoanalysis.
Deeper understanding of personality.
What makes psychoanalysis sometimes difficult to understand?
Concepts can be too abstract and the theory is unstable.
True or False: Psychoanalysis is a theory that is easily falsifiable.
False.
What does psychoanalysis match with regarding self-perception?
self-perception is shaped by conscious and unconscious, with the unconscious playing a particularly significant role in how we understand ourselves.
Fill in the blank: In Erikson’s theory, the stage of _____ involves looking back with regret or not.
Later life: Integrity vs Despair.
