Warm-Up #5 What is socialization? Now… with your partner, come up with 2 words that could be descriptive of each age decades?

Fundamental Assumptions of Psychoanalytic Approach Unconscious factors motivate our behavior Experiences or events of first 6 yrs of life are determinants of later development of personality (attention is given to those experiences ) Unconscious motives and conflicts are central Later personality problems will have its roots on early repressed childhood conflicts

Psychosexual Stages Oral Stage ( First year of life ): – Feeding from the mother satisfies the need for food and pleasure Oral – Incorporative behavior ---- Pleasurable stimulation of the mouth – excessive eating, chewing, talking, smoking, drinking (Oral fixation ) Oral – Aggressive behavior --- Infant teethes, biting need – if not adequately met – result in feelings of greediness and acquisitiveness etc..

Psychosexual Stages Anal Stage (Age 1-3 ) : – Toilet training starts – One learns independence, accepts personal power, knows to express negative feelings of rage and aggression – Learns first lessons of discipline – Strict toilet training “ Anal Aggressive Personality – Cruelty, inappropriate displays of anger, extreme disorderliness etc.. – Too much importance to the anal activity. Anal-retentive personality – extreme orderliness, hoarding, stubbornness and stinginess etc..

Psychosexual Stages Phallic Stage ( Age 3-6 ) : – Child experiences unconscious incestuous desires for the parent of the opposite sex which is repressed because of its threatening nature – Conflict at this period – Oedipus complex – boy desiring mother as love object – Electra Complex - girl desiring father and his love and approval – Attitudes of the parents at this stage towards the emerging sexuality of the child are going to affect the sexual attitudes and feelings of the child – Threatening or punishing --- adverse effect in adult sexual life

Psychosexual Stages Latency Stage ( Age 6-12 ) : – “Sleeping period” – Child socializes and turns its attention outward and forms relationship with others – Formal sexual interests are replaced by interests in playmates in a wide variety of activities in school like games and sports

Psychosexual Stages Genital Stage (Age ) : – Starts with puberty – Adolescent develops interest in the opposite sex and assumes adult responsibilities –“ To love and to work ” – Motto “ Since Freud wanted to resolve sexual issues during the first six yrs of life he did not go into great detail in discussing the crisis associated with adolescence or adulthood or old age “

Erik Erikson A neo-Freudian Thought our personality was influenced by our experiences with others. Stages of Psychosocial Development. Each stage centers on a social conflict.

Conflict example: Ariel Identity vs. role confusion Ariel wants to have legs and become a human even though she is a mermaid.

Remember your conflict! 1. Trust vs. distrust 2. Autonomy vs. shame an doubt 3. Initiative vs. guilt 4. Industry vs. inferiority 5. Identity vs. role confusion 6. Intimacy vs. isolation 7. Generativity vs. stagnation 8. Ego integrity vs. despair