PSY 3666 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Clelia Duel Mosher, Social Hygiene Movement, Magnus Hirschfeld
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Theories about sexuality: theory: set of assumptions, principles, or methods that helps a researcher understand the nature of a phenomenon being studied, psychoanalytic theory- sigmund freud. Libido: energy generated by sexual instinct, sexual motivation. Id: the collection of unconscious urges and desires that continually seek expression. Superego: the social and parental standards an individual has internalized; the conscience. Ego: the part of the personality that mediates between environmental demands (reality), conscience (superego), and instinctual needs (id) Psychosexual development: the childhood stages of development during which the id"s pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones. Erogenous zones: areas of the body that are particularly sensitive to touch and are associated with sexual pleasure. Fixation: the tying up of psychic energy at a particular psychosexual stage, resulting in adult behaviors characteristic of the stage. Oral stage: a psychosexual stage in which the mouth, lips and tongue are the primary erogenous zone.
