Week 16: Personality: Psychosexual Stages and Defence Mechanism
Freud’s Psychosexual Theory of Development
• Parents Play a Crucial role in managing their sexual and aggressive drive during the first few years of life development
• Five Stages
i. Oral
ii. Anal
iii.Phallic
iv. Latency
v. Genital
Defence Mechanism
A defence mechanism is the act or technique of coping mechanisms that reduce anxiety generated by threats from unacceptable or negative impulses.
The term Defence Mechanism was first used by Sigmund Freud in his paper “The Neuro-Psychoses of defence” (1894).
In his psychoanalytical theory, Freud explained a defence mechanism is tactic developed by ego to protect against anxiety.
- Denial. Denial is one of the most common defense mechanisms. ...
- Repression. Unsavory thoughts, painful memories, or irrational beliefs can upset you. ...
- Projection
- Displacement. ...
- Regression. ...
- Rationalization. ...
- Sublimation. ...
- Reaction formation.
Course Material
- Week 1-2: Introduction to Psychology
- Week 3: Learning: Pavlov & Classical Conditioning
- Week 4: Learning: Operant Conditioning and Difference between Classical and Operant Conditioning
- Week 5: Learning: Other Types of Learning and Observational Learning
- Week 6, 7 & 8: Sensation and Perception
- Week 9: Mid Term Exam
- Week 10 & 11: Memory
- Week 12: Emotion and Motivation
- Week 13 & 14: Social Psychology
- Week 15: Personality: Unconscious material
- Week 16: Personality: Psychosexual Stages and Defence Mechanism
- Week 17: Personality: Trait Approach to Personality
- Week 18: Final Term Exam
- Chapters 13
- Department English(SCB)
- Teacher
Muhammad Asim
