Bowlby's aim was to discover the consequences of difficulties in forming attachments in childhood, and the effects this would have on an infant's later development. Drawing on much work in the psychoanalytic literature, such as that of Freud and Harlow, Bowlby formulated the idea that infants develop a close emotional bond with an attachment figure early in life, and that the success or failure of this earliest of relationships lead the infant to form a mental representation that would have profound effects on their later relationships and their own success as a
“Evaluate the extent to which Freud’s theory of Psychosexual Development can help us to understand a client’s presenting issue?” In this essay I am asked to evaluate one aspect of Freudian theory. I will begin by first describing Freud’s psychosexual theory and demonstrate an understanding of its relationship to adult neurotic behaviour. Having done this I will examine some of the criticisms that have been levelled at Freudian theory in order to evaluate it. In 1905 Freud published ‘Three Essays on the theory of Sexuality and other Works’, one of those essays was titled ‘Infantile Sexuality’. In this essay Freud sets out his theory of psychosexual development.
A man whose mate was unfaithful risked investing in offspring who were not his own, while a woman with an unfaithful mate risked the diversion of resources away from her & her children. Sexual jealousy, therefore, may have evolved as a solution to these problems. Men are more jealous of the sexual act; to avoid cuckoldry while women are more
For example, the text states that Hank’s mother would give him food to pacify him as a child, which could have led to him looking for oral satisfaction in his adulthood. 2. Would Freudian theory describe Hank’s eating and argumentative behaviors as being internally or externally motivated? Explain the motivation. These behaviors are internally motivated.
Dev is an Indian man who seeks a sexual relationship with an American woman named Miranda. Miranda is a tall American woman who is the polar opposite of Dev’s Indian wife. To him, Miranda is an exotic pet who excites him. “I can’t wait to see you”, which makes Miranda seem as if she is his new pet that he can’t wait to go home and play with. He sees Miranda as an exotic creature that is completely different than anything he’s seen when he was growing up and he wants her because he is tired of his traditional Indian wife.
Sigmund Freud developed an approach on abnormality that highlighted how human personality and psychosexual development in childhood can cause abnormality. Freud proposed that the human personality is made up of three interacting elements: the id, the ego and the super ego. The id is our unconscious it releases natural pleasure seeking instincts and operates to satisfy these instincts through pleasurable activities. The ego represents our conscious self; it tries to balance the id with moral rules proposed by the superego. The superego is our moral authority this developed through identification of our parent’s moral rules and the social norms of society If the ego fails to balance the id and the superego this can lead to conflict and may result in a psychological disorder.
“Evaluate the extent to which Freud’s theory of psychosexual development can help us to understand a client’s presenting issue?” I commence my essay by describing Freud’s psychosexual theory. I will then continue to demonstrate my understanding of its relationship to adult neurotic behaviour and what it means to me. I will end my essay by discussing the ethical implications this may have in today’s world. Freud early theories place a strong emphasis on the role of sexual energy and drive in the development and structure of the personality, in particular, the first five years of a child’s life. Freud divided the infant’s development into stages relating to the relative importance of zonal regions of the body, which ere relevant to the infant at a particular point in time.
In Freudian psychology, psychosexual development is a central element of the psychoanalytic sexual drive theory; that human beings, from birth, possess an instinctual libido (sexual energy), that develops in five stages. Each stage – the oral, the anal, the phallic, the latent, and the genital – is characterized by the erogenous zone that is the source of the libidinal drive. Sigmund Freud proposed that if the child experienced sexual frustration in relation to any psychosexual developmental stage, s/he would experience anxiety that would persist into adulthood as a neurosis, a functional mental disorder. A brief outline into these stages is as follows: 1. Oral stage.
The three personalities of the psych are usually out of sync with each other. The id, which is present in new born infants consists of biological impulses or drives such as, hunger and thirst. As a result the id is said to work on the pleasure principle. It motivates us to behave in certain ways to satisfy our urges. As the child grows, so does the ego.
* Furthermore SLT suggests behaviour is most likely to be copied when it is reinforced. This reinforcement can be direct, for example praise for eating a certain food, or vicarious, for example seeing someone else receive praise for losing weight. * SLT will lead to the person having mental representations of eating behaviour and expectancies of outcomes associated with this eating behaviour. * SLT helps also explain the influence of the media, such as television, film and magazines on eating behaviour. There is also some evidence suggesting children’s toys like Barbie and Bratz may lead to children having an unrealistic image of an ideal body shape, and therefore lead to abnormal eating behaviours.