Psychology 2040A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Social Cognitive Theory, Ethology
31 Oct 2014
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Freud, behavior is motivated by the need to satisfy basic drives which are mostly unconscious, and individuals often have only the dimmest ( . Freud and erikson: stage theories stress discontinuity in development and arise the term of the interaction of nature and nurture on the biological underpinnings of developmental stages and how they interact with the child"s experience. Psychoanalytic theories stress the continuity of individual differences, emphasizing that children"s early experiences have a major impact on their subsequent development. Freud believed that in each stage, children encounter conflicts related to the particular erogenous zone in question and that their success or failure in resolving these conflicts affects their development throughout life. The id remains the source of psychic energy throughout life, with its operation most apparent in selfish or impulsive behavior in which immediate gratification is sought with little regard for consequences. The nature of the child"s passage through the stages of psychosexual.
