Electra complex

energy is focused on infantile objects. The individual can become fixated or regressed if any of the earlier developmental stages is marked by either overindulgence or trauma” (p.111). Another concept that embraces sexuality is the Oedipal and Electra complex which envy is demonstrated towards the same…

years old. Her mood brightened up each day her father came home from work. She does like her mother too, but Nathan and his mother told me that she favors her father. This reminded me of the concept proposed by Carl Gustav Jung, called the Electra complex. The term is used to describe a girl’s sense of competition with her mother for the affections of her father (Cherry,…

Introduction This assignment is based on comparison and contrast of Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual theory and Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory of developments. In this assignment I have given a brief introduction of psychosexual development theory and psychosocial developmental theory. I have included similarities and differences of both the theories. I have also included the advantages and disadvantages of both theories. In addition to that a short conclusion is also given on both theories.…

Sigmund Freud had a Freudian, psychoanalytic approach to understanding personality. Freud felt that dreams were an important element to understanding an individual’s personality, viewing them as pieces of the unconscious. As dreams were important in understanding the unconscious, Freud described two levels of content in dreams: manifest and latent. He believed that “what we see on the surface (manifest) is only a partial representation of the vastness that is lying underneath (latent)”…

Intertwined Psychologists Many developmental psychologists have made their mark on the science of how humans change over time. Such individuals as Jean Piaget and Sigmund Freud have developed various cognitive stages that craft an outline for the way the mind changes throughout life. Their ideas serve as a great basis of understanding by themselves, but crossing points have been linked with other psychologists’ theories to create an entire sphere of developmental psychology. The theories of…

II. Substitution and Dream In the identity of Eudoxia, Eddie not only fails to love himself, but also fails to love others. Eudoxia and Angelos look like an affectionate couple, but they don’t really love each other. To Angelos, Eudoxia is not so much his wife as a substitute for his past wife Anna. Although he is accompanied by Eudoxia, he is always recalling the time he spends with Anna. He still calls Anna wife, but doesn’t call Eudoxia that. When the Golsons says that they are invited…

Each person’s mind is made up of complex emotions, experiences, and processes. All of these elements of the human mind make up one’s personality. Personality is defined as the unique and relatively stable ways in which people think, feel, and behave. Everyone experiences the world in different ways and these experiences shape a person’s personality both instantly and in the future. Sometimes they unknowing can cause problems later in life and this can be proven with many personality theories…

Stages of the psycho sexual development given by Sigmund Freud are as follows :- Oral (Birth to 18 months) - In this stage the child gets pleasure through sucking and the child is more concentrated towards the oral pleasures. Over or little gratification may lead in the oral fixation that are evident by the oral personality. These personality are more prone to drink alcohol, smoke cigarette, develops the habit to overeat and has the habit of cutting or biting his or her nails. Also these…

Introduction When it comes to the development of personality, Sigmund Freud is almost certainly the most famous theorist who has lived from 1856 to 1939. In his Psychosexual developmental theory has five stages and completed in a prearranged series and can result in either a successful completion or a healthy personality or it may result in failure and due to this it will lead to an unhealthy personality. Also this theory is very controversial, as Freud believed that humans develop…

people were driven by the life and death force and that the mind consisted of three parts; the id, ego and superego. These must be balanced in order to shape a balanced mind. Alfred Adler thought that psychosis was caused by having an inferiority complex. He believed that such a person would spend their lives trying to overcome their feelings of inferiority. This would result in the person ceasing to develop emotionally beyond the age when their inferiority developed. Carl Jung believed that the…