01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Oedipus Complex, Erogenous Zone, Reality Principle

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Professor Marvasti

Document Summary

Unconscious: according to freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware: a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. It operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification. Ego: the largely conscious, executive part of personality that, according to. Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. It operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id"s desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain. Superego: the part of personality that, according to freud, represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations. Psychosexual stages: the childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) during which, according to freud, the id"s pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones.