Psychodynamic Explanation

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    • Psychosexual stages:
      • Oral (0 - 1) years
      • Anal (1 - 3) years
      • Phallic (3 - 6) years
      • Latency (6 - 12) years
      • Puberty (12+) years
    • Electra Complex by Jung (Phallic stage): Female version of Oedipal complex where a girl becomes jealous of her mother because she has her dad's attention and gets penis envy because the girl believes the mum cut hers off (lol)
    • Oedipus complex by Freud (Phallic stage): The stage of development in which a boy's sexual feelings are directed toward his mother, leading to castration anxiety (dad removed mums penis) (lol)
    • Identification & Internalisation
      • Both boys and girls resolve their complexes by identifying with the same sex parent and internalising gender roles.
      • Boys replace competition and fear with identification.
      • Girls replace anger with desire for a baby.