ANTHROP 3HI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Castration Anxiety, Ego Ideal, Libido
22 Feb 2018
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When the child is born and contacts the real world, part of the id differentiates into the ego. Superego producing images: guides individuals(cid:495) behavior through morality/ethics, 1. Conscience: set of things that are praise-worthy, moral, and acceptable, etc, these behaviors are learned from parents, behaviors that the child shouldn(cid:495)t do, mostly unconscious, small part of it is conscious. Boy wants to remove dad b/c the child has to compete with him for his primary caretaker(cid:495)s (cid:523)mom(cid:495)s(cid:524) affection. Sexual urges towards mother and aggression towards father. Boy experiences castration anxiety: thinks father will take his penis to retaliate. Boy decathects sexual libido from mom and aggression from dad (this is determined by how much of a rival the father is/the threat that he poses) Some libido left cathected: aggression towards dad may take other forms later in life (ex; competing in a sport) Also some identification with mom of your mother and love that part of yourself.
