PSY 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Learning Theory, Phallic Stage, Genital Stage
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Key terms: school refusal: a reluctance or refusal to go to school or to remain there, sometimes called school phobia because it often involves intense anxiety. 7 to 11, when children are acquiring logical operations and can reason effectively about real objects and experiences: formal operations stage: piaget"s fourth and final stage of cognitive development (from age. Libido is focused on the mouth as a source of pleasure. Obtaining oral gratification from a mother figure is critical to later development. Libido is focused on the anus, and the toilet training creates conflicts between the child"s biological urges and the society"s demands. Resolution of the oedipus or the electra complex results in identification with the same sex parent and development of the superego. Libido is quiet; psychic energy is invested in schoolwork and play with same sex friends. Puberty reawakens the sexual instincts as youth seeks to establish mature sexual relationships and pursue the biological goal reproduction.