PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY Flashcards
Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
operated by pleasure principle by seeking immediate gratification of instinctual needs
Id
the executive of the personality
Ego
judicial branch of the personality
Superego
refers to mental activity of which we are unaware and unable to access
Unconscious
birth to 18 months
Oral
18 months to 3 years old
Anal
3 years old to 6 years old
Phallic
6 years old to puberty
Latency
puberty onwards
Genital
oral receptive and oral aggressive
Oral
anal retentive and anal repulsive
Anal
Oedipus Complex and Electra Complex
Phallic
children spend more time and interact mostly with same sex peers
Latency
individual is attracted to opposite sex peers
Genital