PSYC 473T Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Penis Envy, Genital Stage, Latency Stage
27 Feb 2017
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According to attachment theory, we form emotional bonds with our caregivers, which become mental representations of all future intimate relationships. Our feelings from past significant relationships, including our early love relationships with parents and caregivers, become transferred onto future potential partners, especially if they resemble these significant people. Key premise of psychoanalytic psychology: we form mental representations of ourselves, others, and our relationships from early experiences. It provides a compelling framework within which to ponder our mysterious selves. Personality can change, resonating with the sense of opportunity and possibility in. America at the turn of the 20th century. No other paradigm has emerged to conquer freudian thought: background. Psychic energy: fueled the functions of the mind including thinking, imagining, and remembering. Energy within the mind-body system must be conserved, in line with the law of conservation of energy, neither created nor destroyed.
