Theorist Flashcards
What is the oral stage?
An infants primary erogenous zone. Pleasure through sucking and eating.
What did Frued say development revolved around?
He that these stages symbolized our desires and conflicts within our unconscious mind
What is the anal stage?
Starts when toilet training begins. Going to the bathroom is a pleasurable event.
What is the phallic stage?
Erogenous zone moves to genitals.
Oedipus complex: son is inlove with the mother and wants to kill father
Electra complex: daughter is attracted to the father
What is the latency stage?
Transition period between phallic and genital. Focuses on academics and athletics
Genital
Sexual urges are aroused one more. Erogenous zone is the genital region again.
What is the id
Referred to as the “devil” It’s driven by pleasure and required immediate gratification
What is the ego?
referred to as the “angel”
Weighs pros and cons
What is the superego?
Referred to as the “judge” holds all our moral standards and ideals. Provides guidelines for making judgment
What are the last 4 stages in Erikson’s 8 stages of development?
Adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, maturity,
What is the adolescence stage about?
Identity vs. role confusion peer relations. Needs to develop a sense of self and personal identity
What is the young adulthood stage about?
Intimacy vs. isolation love relations
Need to for loving relationships with one another
What is the middle adulthood stage about?
Generatively vs. stagnation parenting
Must satisfy and support the next generation. Having children or positive changes that benefit people
What is the maturity stage about?
Ego entagraty vs. despair reflection
Needs to reflect on life and feel a sense of fulfillment
Vygotsky
Believes that culture had an enormous influence on an individuals development * not a stage theorist*
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Physiological needs , safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-actualization
What are the 3 other levels added to Maslow’s theory?
Cognitive needs, aesthetic needs and transcendence needs