PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Phallic Stage, Oedipus Complex, Anal Stage

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Dawson Clary

Document Summary

Projection = attributing one"s own thoughts, feelings or motives to another. Displacement = diverting emotional feelings from their original source to a substitute target. Reaction formation = behaving in a way that"s the exact opposite of one"s true feelings. Regression = reversion to immature patterns of behaviour. Identification = bolstering self esteem by forming an imaginary/real alliance with some person or group. Sublimation = occurs when unconscious, unacceptable impulses are channeled into socially acceptable, perhaps even admirable, behaviours. Psychosexual stages = developmental periods with a characteristic sexual focus that leave their mark on adult personality. Fixation = failure to move forwards from one stage to another as expected. Anal stage = erotic pleasure from bowel movement. Phallic stage = genitals are focus of erotic stimulation through self stimulation. Oedipal complex = children manifest erotically tinged desires for their opposite sex parent, accompanied by feelings of hostility towards their same sex parent.