PSYC 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Castration Anxiety, Anal Retentiveness, Oedipus Complex
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** this pleasure versus reality con ict is often about sex or aggression (3) preconscious > what we are barely aware of; engages in censorship/ mediation (keeps the unconscious from entering consciousness) Structural model (iceberg model: looks at all parts working together also includes 3 pieces (1) id > it. The unconscious mind, motivated by pleasure and wish ful llment (2) ego > i. The part of the mind that navigates between ego and super-ego (3) super-ego > above i. The strict & demanding part of the mind. Consists of rules of culture in which you were raised. Psychosexual development: libido : freud"s version of life force or psychic energy (bodily energy) Works by means of cathexis > the attachment of libido to thoughts, objects, or parts of the body attaches to different parts of the body during different developmental stages. Xation > when some libido remains at an earlier location: 5 developmental stages :