PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Erogenous Zone, Phallic Stage, Electra Complex

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Unconscious it has no contact with reality. Irrational & amoral: reflex activity, primary process thinking (you fantasize about the object that will reduce tension) Helps the id gain real rather than imaginary satisfaction. Strives for perfection and tries to block gratification. Moralistic goals take precedence over realistic ones. Sexual in this sense refers to many urges for physical pleasure. Erogenous zone: zones that need pleasure producing stimulation to reduce tension. Stages: oral stage: ( birth to 15 months) Erogenous zone is the mouth: anal stage: Child gets pleasure from retention and elimination of feces: phallic stage: (4yrs) most crucial. Boy feels conflicted feelings towards dad (love, fear, hostility) Resolution: represses these conflicted emotions, identifies with dad, and dad becomes the sex-role model. Resolution: represses these conflicted emotions, identifies with mom, and mom becomes the sex-role model. Girl suffers from penis envy: latency stage: (5yrs puberty) Child learns acceptable ways of reducing tension: genital stage: (puberty onward)