Changes in the family structure
-Nuclear family: Both mother and father reside the home.
1960 – only 90% of kids lived with a single parent.
2006 – Only 25% of kids lived with a single parent. (Main reason for this was divorce)
*Exception to Asian-American families.
-Blended family: Two divorced families/Widowed families. “Brady Bunch”
May produce a child together
Half brothers an sisters
-StepFamily: Kids coming together from each family.
-Extended Family: Multi-generation relatives living together
Could also include aunts/uncles/cousins
Lower income the higher rate of extended families. People can’t afford to have their own house.
Ecconomy is a big factor!
Benefits:
More support – Childcare/Shared expenses/Elder …show more content…
-No erogenous zone
GENITAL STAGE (PUBERTY – ADULTHOOD)
-Focus is on nature sexual functioning.
-Erogenous zone is the genital.
Freud’s Psychoanalytic stages are:
-Hard to test
-No real scientific evidence
ERIK ERIKSON’S PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY
-Went through psychoanalytic therapy
-Went on to study the theory
-Became a psychoanalyst himself.
REASONS TO DISAGREE WITH FREUD
-Gave too little recognition to social and cultural influences.
-Failed to recognize changes
-Focused too much on neurotic and maladaptive behavior and did not give enough consideration to healthy development.
ERIKSON’S PSYCHOSOCIAL STAGES
TRUST V. MISTRUST (0 – 1 YEAR)
-Ability predict and depend on one’s awn behavior and behavior of others
AUTONOMY V. SHAME AND DOUBT (2 – 3 years)
-Can do thing for yourself.
INITIATIVE V. GUILT (3 – 6 YEARS)
-High and realistic sense of ambition and independence
INDUSTRY V. INFERIORITY (7 – 12 YEARS)
-Active involvent in activities
IDENTOTY AND IDENTITY DIFFUSION (12 – 18 YEARS)
-Determination of identity
INTIMACY V. ISOLATION (20’s)
-Ability to commit to another and loving