PSY 205 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Relaxation Technique, Social Influence, Antisocial Personality Disorder

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Shannon Houck

Document Summary

Important events during the latency stage center on expanding social contacts beyond the immediate family. With the advent of puberty, the child advances to the genital stage. Sexual urges reappear and focus on the genitals once again, at this point sexual energy is normally channeled toward peers of the other sex. repression, regression, displacement, reaction formation, & projection. Describe the following defense mechanisms and provide an example of each: Repression: keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious. E(cid:454): forgetti(cid:374)g the details of (cid:455)our pare(cid:374)t"s pai(cid:374)ful death. Regression: using immature patterns of behavior: e(cid:454): a(cid:374) adult throws a te(cid:373)per ta(cid:374)tru(cid:373) whe(cid:374) he does(cid:374)"t get his wa(cid:455). Displacement: diverting feelings from an original source to a substitute target: ex: you get in a fight with your partner and are so mad that you run into your room, slam the door, and start punching your pillow.