L2

• Freud believed humans have strong, natural desires, but society teaches us to control them.
• Conflict in Our Minds: ID


  the part of us that wants immediate pleasure.
• Conflict in Our Minds: EGO


  part that tries to satisfy those desires in a way that fits with society's rules.
• Conflict in Our Minds: SUPEREGO

  our internal sense of right and wrong, which punishes us with guilt if we break the rules.
• The ego is responsible for our conscious thoughts and actions
• The superego is responsible for our conscience and moral values
• The id is responsible for our unconscious desires and impulses
• Displacement


   Redirecting our feelings onto something else.
• 1. Reaction Formation: 


  Acting in a way that’s opposite to how we really feel.
• Projection


  Blaming others for the feelings we have.
• Isolation

  Remembering events but not feeling the emotions connected to them.
• Oral stage (0-2 years): Focus on eating, sucking, etc.
• 1. Anal stage (2-4 years): Focus on control (like potty training).
• 1. Phallic stage (4-6 years): Focus on the genitals and the development of feelings toward the opposite-sex parent (Oedipus complex for boys, Electra complex for girls).
• Latency period (7-12 years): No focus on sex.
• Genital stage (12+ years): Sexual maturity begins.
• Problems at any stage can cause issues later in life (e.g., oral fixation could lead to habits like smoking).