Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Genital Stage, Abraham Maslow, Oedipus Complex

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mike Atkinson

Document Summary

"your (cid:373)other (cid:373)ade (cid:449)ho you are (cid:271)la(cid:373)e her" Humanistic theory: positive psychology; who you see yourself as today, not the past, the self as a concept. Learning theories: how the environment affects our personality, classical conditioning, reinforcements. Trait theories: how many traits or characteristics do we need to grasp a person"s personality, measurement of personality; how to get a good idea of a person"s personality. "i (cid:272)a(cid:374) des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e you i(cid:374) fi(cid:448)e (cid:449)ords or less " Id - first part that develops, follows pleasure principle and avoids unpleasant things: a baby is 100% id. Fixation - things that happen in our childhood may cause aspects of our personality: oral stage (0-2 years) - babies put things in their mouth, ex. Biting nails, putting pen in mouth: anal stage (2-3 years) - toilet training, being very rigid about rules, phallic stage (3-6 years, oedipus complex, little boys have feelings for mother and sees father as competitor.