PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Oedipus Complex, Mbuti People, Syllogism
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Every boy wants to take the place of his father and be with his mother sexual urges for the opposite sex parent. These theories do not apply to many cultures where the father figure is the maternal uncle or there are more then one mother. Western psychology is very western based, it does not actually apply to the world outside of the western society. Like language, human psychology is an open system: what we think or feel about something depends greatly on what we have learned to pay attention to and the values we have learned in our society. In one culture, we call a mental issue and illness whereas in another they may look at it differently, as something spiritual. Different groups with different histories and experiences are likely to develop unique points of view, pay attention to different things, and feel differently about them.
