PSYC 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Oral Stage, Electra Complex, Psychosexual Development
28 Mar 2017
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Development is largely driven by biological maturation. Freud: behavior is motivated by the need to satisfy basic drives (unconscious) Freud posited five biologically determined stages of psychosexual development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) in which psychic energy becomes focused in different areas of the body. Children face specific conflicts at each stage, and these conflicts must be resolved for healthy development to proceed. Freud also posited three structures of personality id (unconscious urges), ego (rational thought), and superego (conscience). Freud believed that children have a sexual nature that motivates their behavior and influences their relationships with other people. Psychic energy: freud"s term for the collection of biologically based instinctual drives that he believes fuel behavior, thoughts, and feelings. Erogenous zones: in freud"s theory, areas of the body that become erotically sensitive in successive stages of development. Id: the earliest and most primitive personality structure. It is unconscious and operates with the goal of seeking pleasure (pleasure principle)
