psychoanalytic theories

psychoanalytic theories

theories holding that development depends primarily on the unconscious mind and is heavily couched in emotion, that behavior is merely a surface characteristic, that it is important to analyze the symbolic meanings of behavior, and that early experiences are important in development

freud

patients talk=cured

psychoanalysis: listen, probe, analyze childhood experience

adult personality = determined by way we resolve conflicts between sources of pleasure at each stage

stages of freud

oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

oral stage

birth → 1.5 years pleasure centers @ mouth

anal stage

1\.5 years → 3 years pleasure centers at on anus

phallic stage

3 → 6 years focus on genitals

latency stage

6 years → puberty child represses sexual interest and develops social and intellectual skills

genital stage

puberty →

sexual reawakening, source of sexual pleasure becomes someone outside the family

erikson’s theory

a psychoanalytic theory in which eight stages of psychosocial development unfold throughout life span. each stage consists of a unique developmental task that confronts individuals with a crisis that must be faced

eriksons stages

trust v. mistrust →infancy

autonomy v. shame and doubt → 1-3 years

initiative v. guilt → 3-5 years

industry v. inferiority → 6 years - puberty

identity v. identity confusion →10 - 20 years

intimacy v. isolation → 20 - 30 years

generativity v. stagnation → 40s and 50s

integrity v. despair → 60s