PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Operational Definition, Little Albert Experiment, 6 Years
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Objectives/key words: remember to always find info on these terms from text as well. Development is bidirectional": people change their world as it changes them, cheerful disposition positive response. Understand the main tenets of freud"s psychosexual theory; be prepared to recognize examples: oral (birth to one year) a. Freudian mind structures: id, ego, superego; other key words here: pleasure principle, reality principle (text only) Id: unconscious part of person that is present from birth. Ego: part of personality responsible for dealing with reality. Develops from the id and expresses id through conscious behaviors. Superego : our conscious, sense of right and wrong, Pleasure principle: the id strives to gain pleasure (thirst, hunger, anger, sex) Virtue= hope: autonomy vs. shame and doubt (12/18 months to 3 years, child develops a balance of independence and seld-sufficiency over shame and doubt. Guilt (3 to 6 years: child develops initiative when trying out new activities and is not overwhelmed by guilt.
