CPSY 4331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Social Learning Theory, Psychosexual Development, Phallic Stage
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2: classical theories of social and personality development. Phallic stage: third stage of psychosexual development (from 3 to 6 years of age), in which children gratify the sex instinct by fondling their genitals and developing an incestuous desire for the parent of the other sex. Oedipus complex: the conflict that 3- to 6-year-old boys experience when they develop an incestuous desire for their mothers and, at the same time, a jealous and hostile rivalry with their fathers. Electra complex: the conflict that 3- to 6-year-old girls experience when they envy their father for possessing a penis and to seek him as a sex object in the home of sharing the organ that she lacks. Identification: the child"s tendency to emulate another person, usually the same-sex parent. Trust versus mistrust: (birth to 1 year) infants must learn to trust their closest companions or else run the risk of mistrusting other people later in life.
