The Psychoanalytic Perspective (Mod 44) Freud Unconscious & Personality Development Structure Defense Mechanisms Personality Tests Projective Tests TAT Rorschach Inkblot Neo-Freudians Adler Horney Jung Is this Legit? We are here

How Does Our Personality Develop ? Freud believed our personality developed in our childhood (from unresolved conflicts) We all have a libido. Our libido travels to different areas of our body throughout our development ( Erogenous zones ) Together Freud called these stages our Psychosexual Stages of Development.

Fixation A lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage. Where conflicts were unresolved.

1. Oral Stage Seek pleasure through out mouths. Babies put everything in their mouths (0-2). People fixated in this stage tend to overeat or smoke. Can also be gullible or cynical.

2. Anal Stage Develops during toilet training (2-4). Libido is focused on controlling waste and expelling waste. A person fixated may become overly controlling ( retentive ) or out of control/destructive ( expulsive ). –Controlling ones life and independence.

3. Phallic Stage Children first recognize their gender (4-7). Pleasure zone is the genitals. Causes conflict in families with the Oedipus & Electra Complexes & Castration Anxiety Fixation can cause later problems in relationships (Egotism or low self-esteem) Click the baby to see real Oedipus Complex

Oedipus Complex Phase One –Boy has a libidinal bond with the mother (breast feeding and mother as primary caregiver) –Parallel to this, the boy begins to identify with his father, the figure parallel to him in terms of biological sex. (Identification with the father's role as "lover" of mother.) –In this phase, these two relationships exist side-by-side and in relative harmony.

Oedipus Complex Phase 2 –Boy’s feelings Intensify –Sees the father as an obstacle and a rival who he desires to get rid of or to kill. –Worries the father will castrate him. –Boy is never 100% hostile. –Boy hopefully turns his psychic energy into full-on identification with the father. “Can’t beat’em, join’em.” – Identification : children incorporate their parent’s values into their developing superegos –Boy is masculinized, eventually seeks his own sexual partner

Castration Anxiety This fear or threat becomes real upon the observation of the female genitalia, which appear to be "castrated” Sources of the castration complex: Punishment for affectionate feelings for Mother Punishment for bed-wetting

The Electra Complex But what about girls? During the phallic stage the daughter becomes attached to her father and more hostile towards her mother. Believes that mom is responsible for her not having a penis. This is due mostly to the idea that the girl is "envious" of her father's penis thus the term "penis-envy". This leads to resentment towards her mother, who the girl believes caused her castration.

Oedipus in Pop Culture The episode "Committed" (5.21) of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, shows a mother-son incest.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation In Back to the Future (1985), Marty's mother Lorraine falls in love with him instead of Marty's father.Back to the Future "The End" by The Doors, in which singer Jim Morrison sings: "Father/Yes son?/I want to kill you/Mother, I want to...The EndThe Doors Jim Morrison

4. Latency Stage Libido is hidden (7-11). Cooties stage. No fixations

5. Genital Stage Libido is focused on their genitals (12- death). Maturation of sexual interests Fixations=fetishes, sexual identity problems, etc.