EPY 310 Topic 2: Psychoanalytic theory of human development

Institution MASENO UNIVERSITY
Course EPY 310: Human Growt...
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Sigmund Freud argued strongly for the role of the unconscious and other internal processes in human development, behaviour and mental disorders. According to him, most of our behaviour and development is determined by the unconscious (innate aggressive and sexual urges- libido). The psychoanalytic school sees people as being in constant conflict between their biological urges (sex aggression, instincts – i.e. the id and the need to tame /control these urges by the super ego. The super-ego uses feelings of pride or guilt to achieve compliance.
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