Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Erik Erikson, Midlife Crisis, Anna Freud

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Psychology 1000 lecture 34: social development ii february 9, Secure = go to partner for comfort: open, honest, equal. Anxious = desperate for fantasy bond looking for partner to completer or rescue them. Avoidant = can emotionally detach; may seek isolation: don"t care about significant other"s distress. Similar results in stranger situation, but not as strong. 5 psychosexual stages (all done unconsciously: oral (1st year, anal (2nd year, phallic (3-5 yrs. old) Oedipal crisis for boys (solved by identifying self as dad) Electra complex for girls: latency (5-13 yrs. old) Nothing happens in this stage: genital (13+) Work through each stage to healthy, successful resolution. Can go back to reverse earlier stage, but this is difficult. Stage 1: basic trust vs mistrust (birth 1yr. ) Infant comes to know if caregiver is dependable. Stage 8: integrity vs. despair (late adulthood to death)