Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Sexual Dysfunction, Libido, Oedipus Complex

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Proposed psychological development in childhood developed through these stages, and concept of tension and pleasure the build-up of tension could cause a lot of conflicts. Fixation was due to concept of libido a natural energy source that fuels mechanisms of mind. And when fixated, can have lifelong effect well into adulthood. Libido is centered at different parts of the body at different times of development. Mnemonic old age parrots love grapes: old = oral, age = anal, parrots = phallic, love = latent, grapes = genital. Depending on what stage we"re at, going to be different fixation of energy at certain body part: for oral stage focus is mouth. For anal stage, anus, phallic is genitals, latent is none, and genital stage is the genitals. Oral stage age 0-1 yrs. , libido is centered around baby"s mouth, vital for sucking/eating. Because completely dependent on caretakers, baby also develops sense of trust and comfort. If fixation here, issues with dependency or aggression.