PSYC 80A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Oedipus Complex, Libido, Ontogeny
Document Summary
*psych and religion outlines are not included in these notes due to copyright. These are my personal notes from lecture if you need the outline they are provided on ecommons. Our world view has dramatically changed because of science. Psychology as a social science played a part in the decline of academic study of religion. Ralph"s experience: in childhood religion provides safety, security, protection, and power. Power through prayer to heal of guide people to heaven when faced with death. Yet the cocoon of religious space can all be explainable, and in losing faith there is a sense of innocence and power that is lost but there is a gain in individual responsibility. Freud: central character that removed the relationship between psychology and religion. Existentialist position/argument: we must accept our basic aloneness in this existence. We are thrown into this world and we are personally responsible for what happens: there are no grand schemes, no guardian angels.
