PSYC 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Elizabeth Loftus, Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Personality Development
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Repression and contemporary research on memory: elizabeth loftus: we should not conclude that all recovered memories are false memories, just because some have turn out apparently to be false. We refer to freud"s psychoanalysis as id psychology. Ego psychology post-freudan psychoanalysts felt that the ego deserved more attention and that it performed many constructive functions. Erikson"s eight stages of development erikson believed that important periods of development occur throughout the life span. Karen horney and a feminist interpretation of psychoanalysis: questioned some of the more paternalistic notions of freudian psychoanalysis and reformulated some of the ideas to generate a more feminist perspective on personality development. Eg. penis envy not physiological but a metaphor for social power: according to horney, girls realize that they are being denied social power because of their gender. Emphasis on self and the notion of narcissism. Object relations theory emphasizes social relationships and their origins in childhood.
