Psychoanalytic perspectives quiz (AP Psych unit 7)

oral stage (0-1 years)

pleasure center is from the mouth (biting, sucking, chewing)

anal stage (1-3 years)

pleasure focus is learning and coping with bodily waste

phallic stage (3-5 years)

pleasure zone is genitals and cope with incestuous feelings (Oedipus complex: boys desire for mom / Electra complex: female version)

latent stage (5-12 years)

dormant sexual feelings

genital stage (12+)

sexual feelings toward others (adult sexuality)

can you be stuck at certain psychosexual stages?

yes, you can become stuck (fixated) at stages.. pleasure seeking energies become locked into that stage

Id

unconsciously strives, pleasure principle, and immediate gratification (devil on shoulder)

Ego

mediates super ego and Id, reality principle (person in middle)

super ego

the conscience, moral principle (angel on shoulder)

repression

avoid painful thoughts by forcing them into the back of our mind

regression

retreat to behaving or thinking like a child in order to avoid issues

reaction formation

make unacceptable impulses into their opposite, acceptable form

projection

disguise threatening impulses by attributing them to others

rationalization

try to create logical explanations by our behavior in order to justify it

displacement

divert impulses to a more acceptable person/object

sublimation

we expend energy on prosocial activities in order to avoid undesirable activities

denial

refusal to perceive reality