01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Oedipus Complex, Erogenous Zone, Preconscious

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dr.John Ackroff

Document Summary

Personality: a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272) patter(cid:374) of thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g, feeli(cid:374)g, a(cid:374)d a(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g. Fro(cid:373) freud"s theor(cid:455) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h proposes that (cid:272)hildhood se(cid:454)ualit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d unconscious motivations influence personality. The psychoanalytic perspective: psychoanalysis, technique of treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions. Freud"s ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hoa(cid:374)al(cid:455)ti(cid:272) theor(cid:455) of perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455) sought to e(cid:454)plain what he observed during psychoanalysis. Free association: method of exploring the unconscious, person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing, unconscious. Feelings and memories: contemporary-information processing of which we are unaware, preconscious- information that is not conscious, but is retrievable into conscious awareness. Id: a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy. Strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives: operates on the pleasure principle. Personality development: psychosexual stages- the childhood stages of development during which the pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones, oedipus complex- a (cid:271)o(cid:455)"s se(cid:454)ual desires to(cid:449)ards his (cid:373)other a(cid:374)d feeli(cid:374)gs of jealous(cid:455) a(cid:374)d hatred for the rival father.