Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - College And University Dating, Intact Media Group, Social Exchange Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Displaced satisfaction disguise everyday sexual and aggressive urges. All behaviour is motivated by the id all behaviour is defensive because we cannot directly express our needs. Identification: when you are really motivated to achieve some aim that"s not socially acceptable to express this, you acquire the characteristics and desires for someone that is gratified. Young boys develop an unconscious effort to become like their fathers. Freudian theory: sexual science didn"t exist when he began his theorizing therefore it is an. Sociobiology: begins with an understanding of both male and female sexuality. It did occur to sociobiologists that if men are successful at short term mating strategies; they are doing it to women who will occasionally exceed to short term mating strategies. Sometimes women will partake in short term relationships/mating excursions because it can serve to provoke jealousy by long term mates and can strengthen their bond with the woman.