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1901-1915: Personality Development and the “Psychosexual Stages”Psychosexual: anything oriented to the pleasure principleDevelopment of personality took place thru a series of stagesOral (Birth to 24 months)Hunger and thirst drive, everything comes thru the mouth, Intake of sustenance thru the mouth is ad hears to the pleasure principleWhere the oral stage ends, is a recognition of the awareness of the separation of the outside worldFixation and RegressionFixation: you’re stuck in that stageRegression: go thru the psychosexual stages and hit a point that is difficult for you and you try to regress and go back to earlier stagesSomeone who is unable to distinguish themselves from the outside world is unable to have empathy.. the person is only concerned about how someone else can help/soothe themThe world view is autisticAnal (2-3 years)The outside world expects you to be able to delay the things you deem pleasurable until an appropriate time.Coincides with being potty trainedThere’s a negotiation between self and “other” (outside world)Start to see conflict between pleasure and reality principleFundamental battle is to learn to hold on and wait vs. letting go“Anal retentive: someone who has fixation or regression is stuck on the holding on side of thingsEverything has to be orderly and neat, predictable, rigid“Anal explosive”: someone who doesn’t hold on at all, someone who gives in the pleasures, no inhibition of emotions, no plan or order, chaotic lifeThe key is to be able to balance such conflictPhallic/Oedipal (3-5 years)Partitioning of the outside worldThe 1st stirring of sexualityRelationships become 3-way instead of 2-wayThe idea of competition for the primary care giverMom, dad, babyBaby competing with dad for mom’s attentionThe close attachment with mom creates a desire to just want to be “me and Mom” no dadJr. becomes aware of the differences between girls and boysIn order to suppress the irresistible impulses the baby tries to be like dadLatency (6-12 years)Become hyper competitiveLatency: b/c in kind of sexuality is dormantThe person can now learn material that’s not conflictualGenital (adolescence to adulthood)1917-1923: The Dark YearsWWICollapse of the Austrian economyDeath of Freud’s 26 year old daughterLeaves a 1 year old son who dies at 41st of 33 operations for cancer of the jaw1917-1923: The Death InstinctTension reduction as fundamental driveThe goal of pleasure principle was tension reductionEquilibrium as conservative instinctThere’s an ideal level of energy and when it becomes too high it seeks to go back to the way it used to be.Repetition compulsionGoing back to an earlier state , making the same mistakes over and over as to reduce tension, but nothing is ever really learned and tension is temporarily reducedCompletion of tension reductionUltimately the goal is to reduce tension… the aim of all life is death.. –Freud1923: The Ego and the IdId (“it”)German for “it”Something that’s not usWhat were given at birth, all motivation and behaviors are fueled by instinctEros & Thanatos are presentPrimary process experience: not learning anything and surviving on what you were born withEgo (“I”)Differentiate between yourself and the outside worldSecondary process govern the egoHas to figure how to use the secondary process to try and meet the need of the id and its primary processThe ego is partially unconsciousDefense mechanisms against the IdEx: Denial (distortion of external reality), projection, displacement, identification, reaction, formation, repression, sublimationDefense mechanisms develop as the ego developsSuperego (“over-I”)Lecture 7Outline of Last Lecture I. Split with Breuera. Seduction Hypothesis b. Breuer’s Misgivings II. Interpretation of Dreams a. Abandonment of Hypothesisi. Free Associationii. Resistance b. Topographic Model of Personality i. Pleasure Principleii. Reality Principle c. The Meaning of Dreams i. Manifest Content ii. Latent Content Outline of Current Lecture III. Personality Development a. Oral b. Analc. Phallic/Oedipald. Latencye. GenitalIV. The Dark YearsV. The Death InstinctVI. The Ego and the IDCurrent Lecture 1901-1915: Personality Development and the “Psychosexual Stages”- Psychosexual: anything oriented to the pleasure principle- Development of personality took place thru a series of stages o Oral (Birth to 24 months) Hunger and thirst drive, everything comes thru the mouth, Intake ofsustenance thru the mouth is ad hears to the pleasure principle  Where the oral stage ends, is a recognition of the awareness of the separation of the outside world  Fixation and RegressionPSYC 330 1st Edition Fixation: you’re stuck in that stage  Regression: go thru the psychosexual stages and hit a point that is difficult for you and you try to regress and go back to earlier stages Someone who is unable to distinguish themselves from the outside world is unable to have empathy.. the person is only concerned about how someone else can help/soothe them The world view is autistico Anal (2-3 years) The outside world expects you to be able to delay the things you deem pleasurable until an appropriate time. Coincides with being potty trained  There’s a negotiation between self and “other” (outside world)  Start to see conflict between pleasure and reality principle Fundamental battle is to learn to hold on and wait vs. letting go “Anal retentive: someone who has fixation or regression is stuck on the holding on side of things  Everything has to be orderly and neat, predictable, rigid “Anal explosive”: someone who doesn’t hold on at all, someone whogives in the pleasures, no inhibition of emotions, no plan or order, chaotic life The key is to be able to balance such conflicto Phallic/Oedipal (3-5 years) Partitioning of the outside world The 1st stirring of sexuality  Relationships become 3-way instead of 2-way  The idea of competition for the primary care giver - Mom, dad, baby- Baby competing with dad for mom’s attention - The close attachment with mom creates a desire to just want to be “me and Mom” no dad Jr. becomes aware of the differences between girls and boys  In order to suppress the irresistible impulses the baby tries to be like dad o Latency (6-12 years) Become hyper competitive  Latency: b/c in kind of sexuality is dormant  The person can now learn material that’s


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