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Lifespan Psych 1-5
Question | Answer |
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What is the id? | Id is present at birth and unconscious. It represents biological drives and demands instant gratification - baby's wailing. |
What is Freud's theory? What is it focused on? | Theory of Psychosexual Development; Emotional and social development and on the origins of psychological traits such as dependence, obsessive neatness, and vanity. |
What is the ego? | The concscious sense of self, begins to develop when children learn to obtain gratification consciously without screaming or crying. Ego curbs the appetites of the id and makes plans that are in keeping with social conventions so that a person can find gr |
What is a superego? | Develops throughout infancy and early childhood. The morals and controls id and ego. |
According to Freud, what part of the personality is at birth? | The id. |
What is Erikson's theory? | Theory of Psychosocial Development - modified Freud's theory and extended it into the adult years. |
What does Erikson focus on that Freud doesn't? | Erikson focuses on social relationships rather than sexual or aggressive instincts. |
What are early experiences? | They affect future developments. |
What is operant conditioning? | A simple form of learning in which an organism learns to engage in behavior that is reinforced. |