PSYB30H3 Chapter 11: Chapter 11 Notes
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The interpretation of stories: from freud to today. The meanings of our lives and the stories about our lives lie hidden in the unconscious. Oedipus complex; a child feeling unconscious sexual feelings toward one parent and aggressive/ murderous feelings towards the other. Boys experience intense longings for their mother, therefore hating their fathers, then overcoming this infatuation and identifying with their fathers. Vice versa for girls, experiencing penis envy, which could be a symbol for power. Death of yukio mishima: a case of oedipal dynamics. Freud believes his suicide occurred because of an oedipal confusion between object choice and identification. Freud believes the person relates to people in one of two ways: object choice: person seeks to have the other in a powerful/ sensual way; to own them. identification: person seeks to be the other; to be like the other. Identification with the aggressor: wanting to be like the other is comingled with fear or hatred.
