01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Phallic Stage, Electra Complex, Monogamy

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dr. Brynildsen

Document Summary

Personality: the enduring patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior that are expressed by individuals in different circumstances. Psychoanalytic theory (freud): explains behavior and personality in terms of unconscious processes. Unconscious: storehouse of impulses, wishes, and inaccessible memories that affect our thoughts and behavior. Assumes that adult personality is formed primarily by experiences in early childhood. Superego: internalized morals and values of society. Ego: gratification of impulses must be delayed until the situation is appropriate. Psychosexual stages: reflect child"s desire for pleasure and realization of social limitations. Fixation: occurs when conflict that occurs within a stage ins" resolved well. Anal stage: 18 months - 3 years. Conflict with parents about compliance and defiance. Attitudes toward order and disorder, messiness and cleanliness. Oedipus complex: boy desires exclusive relationship with mother. Identification with father: develop feelings of similarity and connectedness. Unconscious mental processes aimed at protecting self from experiencing unpleasant emotions. Regression: person reverts to a previous phase of development.