psychodynamic Flashcards
oedipus complex
phallic stage= boy develops unconscious desires for his mother, sees his father as a rival, however fearing power of father and fear of castration , he represses these feelings
to resolve this , he indentifies with his father, adopts attitudes/ values =. IDENTIFICATION
internalises the male gender role = INTERNALISATION
Freud = be
what did freud believe abt this, oedipus complex
- failure to resolve conflict =. lead to confused equal identity/ homosexuality
electra complex
- jung )
- phallic stage
- young girl, develops desires for mother but realises she doesn’t have a penis, transfers her desires to motther
-sees mother as rival for fathers affection ,also believes she once had a penis but lost it due to mother, desire for penis, symbolising male power, called penis envy
- girl then accepts she will never have a penis, redirects this to desire to have a baby
resolve = gives up desire for father, fears los of mothers love, then identifies with mum, adopts her attitudes/values=. internalisation
FORMS FEMALE GENDER IDENTITY
ao3 weakness freud
p- both complexes rely on children being aware of genitals
e- bem 1989 found that many 3-5 year olds dont know what the opposite genders genitals look like
e- research =. links early exposure to parents sexual activity to teen pregnancy and sti’s
l- meaning early experiences = influence sexual behaviour but dont directly determine gender development
ao3
p- lacks predictive validity
e- suggests children with one parent/same sex parent = struggle with gender identity, evidence dont support this
e - patterson 2004, found that children w lesbian parents develop gender identities similar to those with heterosexual parents
l- suggests that gender development not reliant on oedipus/ electra
