PSYC 333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Twin, Ovulation, Ejaculation

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 333
• Professor: Jennifer Bossio

Document Summary

Psychodynamic theory: attempts to explain conscious and unconscious psychological forces that underlie human personality, motivation, and behaviour anxiety and unsuccessful resolution of psychosexual stages of development. Ego: mediates between reality of outside world, individual urges and desires, and individual conscious. Supe(cid:396)ego: pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:374)alized sta(cid:374)da(cid:396)ds, (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h a(cid:396)e (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial a(cid:374)d pa(cid:396)e(cid:374)tal lea(cid:396)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g. Ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hoa(cid:374)al(cid:455)sis: goal to e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)e, (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:272)t, a(cid:374)d (cid:271)ala(cid:374)(cid:272)e dis(cid:396)uptio(cid:374)s i(cid:374) (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t(cid:859)s pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455) Libidinal energy: psychic energy associated with mental desires and drives. Fixation: occurs when needs are not met in childhood, resulting in blocked libidinal energy. Oedipus (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454): falls i(cid:374) lo(cid:448)e (cid:449)ith (cid:373)othe(cid:396) a(cid:374)d fea(cid:396)s fathe(cid:396)(cid:859)s (cid:396)etaliatio(cid:374), (cid:272)ausi(cid:374)g (cid:272)ast(cid:396)atio(cid:374) Castration anxiet(cid:455): due to fea(cid:396) of loss o(cid:396) i(cid:374)ju(cid:396)(cid:455) of o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s ge(cid:374)itals. Electra complex: attachment to mother followed by shift in attachment to father as way to. Operant conditioning chamber: small box that has level so animal can receive reinforcement. Primary reinforcer: a powerful reward that is intrinsically satisfying. Dyspareunia: genital and/or pelvic pain during or after sex.