Sigmund Freud Theory

Sigmund Freud Theory

1. Psychosexual Stages

   • Oral
     • Infant Stage
       • When an infants needs are meet through oral gratification
   • Phallic
     • Ages 3-5 when children have to face new biologica challenges
       • Boys- oedipal complex when they grow a sexual attraction to their mother
       • Girls- electra complex when they grow a sexual attraction to their father
   • Anal
     • Toddler Stage
       • Child is taught some urges contained and some postponed
   • Genital Stage
     • Adolescence-Adulthood
       • When a person is experiencing sex and reproduction

2. Theory of the Mind

   • Conscious
     • Things we are aware of that may compromise our mental state
   • Preconscious
     • Thing that can be called into the conscious mind.
   • Unconscious
     • Motivations and desires that are normally outside of the social norm.

3. Theory of the Self

   • ID
     • Pleasure Principle
       • Knowing good vs bad arrives from if the action feels good or bad
   • EGO
     • Reality Principle
       • Ability to know practical reasons come before self gratification
     • Helps understand realiity so the truth hurts less
       • Sublimation
         • Changing unacceptable urges into socially acceptable behaviors
       • Reaction
         • Against something outwardly that is desired inwardly
       • Repression
         • To push painful thoughts out of your mind
       • Denial
         • Not able to accept the truth (lying to yourself
       • Displacement
         • Taking out frustration on a safe target ex a sibling instead of a classmate.
       • Projection
         • Placing blame on someone else instead of accepting responsibility
       • Regression
         • Going back in time to a place where you felt safe
     • Defense Mechanisms
   • SUPEREGO
     • Part of self that develops as we learn the rules standard and values f society