PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Anna Freud, Phallic Stage, Anal Stage
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Neurotic symptoms do not have the meaning in a child"s life that they do in a adults life. Devised an assessment procedure known as diagnostic profile organize and integrate the data acquired during assessment: gives a complete picture. Developmental line refers to a set of ego-id interactions that decrease child"s dependence and increase"s ego mastery: dependency to self reliance, sucking to eating, wetting / soiling to bowel control, play to work, egocentric to companionship. She suggested that crisis and rebellion in adolescence is normal. She believed that in order for id drives to emerge in analysis the ego must be aware of the defence mechanisms it uses. Identification with our aggressor we begin to admire them: a great way for us to reduce anxiety when we have no control by acting like someone who has control. Showed that the ego is a creative problem solver. Elaborated on freud"s stages, and included a social deminsion.
