CHD-2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Sexual Stimulation, Oedipus Complex, Defecation

• School: FSU
• Department: Family and Child Sciences
• Course: CHD-2220
• Professor: D R.M U R R A Y K R A N T Z

Document Summary

Psychosexual theory of development how this personality comes about (where the themes come from) When babies are born, they come into the world with libido (energy) Erogenous zone: when libido gets localized in a part/region of the body. Direct relationship between the oral pleasure of a baby and the oral sexuality of adulthood pleasure generating through oral activity. Always need more (emptiness: ex. eating disorders all stem from early traumatic oral experience. Overindulgence or trauma (gets bad) = kids (3-4 years old) can be fixated in anal stage: may develop anal themes in their unconscious ego = anal character or personality (rigid/compulsive/orderly/meticulous/everything their way or sloppy/messy/slob) Children sometimes desire to consummate their newest investment. Children sometimes experience jealousy/rivalry in regards to the attention they receive from their parents: can cause conflict within the child = child can become fixated in this stage.