PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Erik Erikson, Albert Bandura, Oedipus Complex
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Theories attempt to account for important aspects of development (emotion, personality, relationships) In freud"s theory, behaviour is motivated by the need to satisfy basic biological drives. Psychoanalytic theories also stress the continuity of indiv (continue at home) Continuity and discontinuity: stage theories that stress discontinuity in development. Believed that many of his patients" issues originated in childhood relationships. Universal developmental stages in which psychic becomes focused in different erogenous zones. Erogenenous zones areas of our bodies become extremely sensitive during development. Superego development for boys, the path to superego development is through the resolution of the oedipus complex, a psychosocial conflict in which a boy experiences a form of sexual desire for his moth. Must resolve conflicts in order to develop properly. End goal of development belonging and autonomy. Not as linear as the textbook, takes longer for some than others. Emphasizes observation and imitation rather than reinforcement as the primary mechanisms of development.
