Psychosexual stages of development ; Techniques to discover the unconscious Flashcards
during this period, the mouth, lips, and tongue are the
primary erogenous zones. The oral cavity is the pleasure center. Its function
is to obtain an appropriate amount of sucking, eating, biting, and talking.
- Oral stage(18 months) –
the pleasure center and
most important erogenous zone during this period. The main concern is a successful toilet training
- Anal stage(18 months - 3 years)
during this period, the penis and the clitoris
becomes the most important erogenous zone. Freud argued that children at
this age develop a sexual attraction for their opposite-sex parent
- Phallic stage( 3 – 6 years) –
sexual desires abate. Sexual desires
become dormant. Boys and girls seem fairly uninterested in each other.
- Latency stage(6 years – puberty)
at this stage a surge of sexual hormones
occurs in both genders, which brings about an unconscious recurrence of the phallic stage.
- Genital stage(puberty onwards
Techniques to discover the unconscious (3)
Dreams
Free association
Freudian slips
the royal road to the unconscious
Dreams
a Freudian technique of analyzing dreams, is based
on the assumption the dreams contain underlying, hidden meanings and
symbols that provide clues to unconscious thoughts and desires
Dream interpretation
dreams’ obvious story or plot. It is what the
dreamer sees and remember.
Manifest content of a dream
the dreams’ hidden or disguised meanings or
symbols. It is what really being said.
Latent content of a dream
any thoughts or
images that enter their heads, the assumption is that this kind of free-flowing
uncensored talking will provide clues to unconscious material.
Free association
are mistakes or slips of the tongue that we make in everyday
speech, suck mistakes which are often embarrassing, are thought to reflect
unconscious thoughts or wishes
Freudian slips
