PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Libido, Oral Stage, Freudian Slip

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

To explain and approach behaviour (chart in module 1: 3 in uence: Answer on why a behaviour, is different based on theory used to explain them: 6 different perspectives: Behavioural (past learning experiences, rewards for certain behaviour) Social-cultural psychoanalytic perspective (specifically freud 1856-1939) changed because some psychologists didn"t agree with freud so they modi ed his theory psychodynamic perspective (derived from above) Theory re ected the time he was in (sexually bc he believed it was the cause of the anxiety of women in a time when sex wasn"t talked about) 2 types of instincts: life instincts: sexual or libido, death instincts: aggression and violence; engaging in dangerous activities. Super-ego: developed at about 4 years of age, consists of unconscious, preconscious, conscious, allows for self-control, seeks perfection. Friday, september 30, 2016: tries to permanently block grati cation, based on the moral principle. You have to think about it a little. Mental events can become conscious through attention.