PSYC 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Austrian Hockey League, Penis Envy, Apophenia
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He did not identify with his father so he did not resolve oedipal complex. He had close relationship with his mother. Never developed trust with his father oral stage. Does not have adjusted and mature personality genital stage. Anal expulsive personality: emotional, rebellious, messy most describes him. More vain & impulsive with his actions (face & purchases). Perhaps in his performance he can be a little self-assured. Anal & phallic as possible stages of fixation for him. The validity of latency stage is questioned. According to developmental psychologists, youth are up to 29 years old. Development occurs through a struggle between reliance/dependence and a desire for autonomy. No solid evidence that boys lust after their mothers or girls lust after their fathers oedipal & Did not believe in experimental data or hypothesis testing in establishing in the validity of psychoanalysis. Relied on case studies of a select group of white women to generate his theory of human nature.
