PSY 2301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Genetic Programming, Ethology, 18 Months

• School: Temple University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2301
• Professor: Ronald D.Taylor

Document Summary

Psychoanalytic theories: psychoanalytic theories - theories proposing that development change happens because of the influence of internal drives and emotions on behavior. Freud"s psychosexual theory: concluded that behavior is governed by both conscious and unconscious processes, most basic of this unconscious process is an internal drive for physical pleasure - called libido. Libido is the motivating force behind most behavior: personality has 3 parts: Job is to keep the needs of the id satisfied anxiety) if it has to violate superego"s moral rules to fulfill the id: superego, the moral judge, develops near the end of early childhood, age 6. Libido: mouth, lips, tongue: major developmental task: weaning. Smoking: overeating, anal - 1 to 3 years. Libido: anus: major developmental task: toilet training. Fixation: orderliness, obstinacy or messiness, disorganization: phallic - 3 to 6 years. Libido: genitals: major developmental task: resolving oedipus/electra complex. Fixation: vanity, recklessness, sexual dysfunction or deviancy: latency - 6 to 12 years.