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Psychoanalytic Theories
theories proposing that developmental change happens because of the influence of internal drives and emotions on behavior
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Id
in Freud's theory, the part of the personality that comprises a persons basic sexual and aggressive impulses; it contains the libido and motivates a person to seek pleasure and avoid pain
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Ego
according to Freud, the thinking element of personality
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Superego
Freuds term fro the part of personality that is the moral judge
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Psychosexual stages
Freuds five stages of personality develpment throu which children move in a fixed sequence determined by maturation; the libido is centered in a different body part in each stage
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Psychosocial stages
Eriksons eight stages, or crises, of personality development in which inner instincts interact with outer cultural and social demands to shape personality.
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Behaviorism
the view that defines development in terms of behavior changes caused by environmental influences.
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