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Psychosexual Development
Sigmund Freud Psychosexual Development
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Sigmund Freud 1856- 1939 Psychoanalytic Unconscious Dream Analysis
Free Association
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What is Psychosexual Development?
Freud believed that adult personality problems were the result of early experiences in life. He believed that we go through five stages of psychosexual development and that at each stage of development we experience pleasure in one part of the body more so than in others
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What are Erogenous Zones?
Erogenous zones are parts of the body that have especially strong pleasure-giving qualities at particular stages of development.
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What is Fixation? Fixation is the psychoanalytic defense mechanism that occurs when the individual remains locked in an earlier developmental stage because needs undergo over-gratified.
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Psychosexual development
Our personality develops throughout our childhood Stage theory Each stage is characterized by a focus on a different region of the body, where libido or sexual drive is fixated
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Psychosexual Development
Oral Anal Phallic Latency Genital
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Oral Stage 0-1 Mouth Lips Tongue Sucking Biting
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Fixation Overindulgence Frustration
Symptoms include selfishness, dependency, compulsive talking Frustration Symptoms include nail biting, sarcasm, thumb sucking, greed
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Anal Stage 1-3 years Membranes of rectum and anus
Fecal mass inside body Release Expulsion anally explosive Control of feces anally retentive
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Fixations Anal Expulsive Anal Retentive
Disorganized, self-confident, messy, sometimes artistic ability, rebelliousness, spontaneous, carefree Anal Retentive Miserly, organized, thrifty, orderly, obstinate, stubbornness, Type A personalities, compulsion for control
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Phallic Stage 3-6 years Genital Organs Emotional Crisis
Oedipus Complex/Electra Complex Critical Stage for moral development Identification
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Fixation Caused by failure to resolve Oedipus/Electra conflict
Symptoms: Exhibitionism, recklessness, vanity, pride, incapable of close love
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Oedipus Complex Crucial stage
Consolidation of gender identity (identification) Formation of superego Mother/father fixation
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Boys Wants to be like dad Fantasizes eliminating father
Castration anxiety Identifies with father Formation of gender roles, super-ego, and gender identity
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Girls Penis envy Sense of inferiority Blames mother
Poor resolution of Oedipal complex Poorly developed super-ego and a weaker moral sense compared with male
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Latency Stage 6-Puberty
Phew! Sexual thoughts repressed- Sublimation Child explores Focus is on social and intellectual skills
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Genital Stage Puberty - Adulthood
Sexual desires renewed Individual seeks relationships with others
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Personality Theory Id = libido and psychosexual stages
Ego = defense mechanisms Super-ego = Oedipus complex Identification and internalization These + defense mechanisms + external reality = personality
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