Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Sex Tourism, Heterosexuality, Criminal Law Of Canada
17 Jul 2013
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Not true today, cannot explain homosexuality: research has shown that the winners of miss american contest and. Id, ego & superego: human personality is divided into three major parts: the id, the ego and the superego. Stages of psychosexual development: freud believed that child passes through a series of stages of development at each stage a different erogenous zone is the focus of pleasure, oral stage birth to 1 year old. Child"s chief pleasure derived from sucking & stimulating the lips and mouth: anal stage 2 years old. Child"s interest is focused on elimination: phallic stage 3 years to 5/6 years old. Focus is on the genital area the boy on phallus (penis) & the girl on her clitoris & they derive great pleasure from masturbating. Development of oedipus complex is the most important occurrence. Sexual impulses re repressed or are in a quiescent state, nothing much happens sexually.
