Adolescent Psychosexual Development Stages

Psychosexual Development Stages

Individuals go through different stages of development in which changes occur within themselves and in their relationships with others. These are called stages of psychosexual development, driven by libido, the psychic energy associated with sexual drives.

In these phases, the individual seeks various forms of sexual satisfaction and engages in fantasies.

The Latency Stage

This stage is characterized by a focus on acquiring skills necessary for life. Childhood sexual

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Developmental Psychology Concepts and Theories

Core Debates and Theories

  • Three Core Debates in Developmental Psychology

    • Nature vs. Nurture: The debate about whether development is primarily influenced by nature or nurture. Nature refers to an organism’s biology and genetics. Nurture refers to its environmental experiences and influences.
    • Stability-Change Issue: The debate about the degree to which early personality traits and characteristics persist through life or change. Does the individual (a) become an older version of the early self, with
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Understanding Unaccompanied Minors in the Juvenile Justice System

Unaccompanied Minors in the Juvenile Justice System

When children, whether Spanish or foreign, enter the juvenile justice system for having committed a crime, the judge may impose measures based not only on the type of crime committed but also on personal, family, and social factors. Recently, both the number of measures and the number of them imposed have increased. This is consistent with the expansion of material and human resources for the implementation of these measures across the country.

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Psychology Concepts: Consciousness, Sleep, IQ

Understanding Consciousness

Views on Consciousness

The Freudian Viewpoint

Three levels of awareness:

  • Conscious mind: Contains thoughts and perceptions of which we are aware.
  • Preconscious: Mental events that are outside current awareness but can easily be recalled.
  • Unconscious: Events that cannot be brought into conscious awareness under ordinary circumstances.

The Cognitive View

Cognitive psychologists reject the notion of an unconscious mind driven by instinctive urges and repressed conflicts. Rather,

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Sociology of Education: Teachers, Students, Schools

Faculty: Teachers’ Role and Status

Origin and status of teachers:

  • Men: Class path via media.
  • Women: Platform to remain in the class of origin.

In the teachings of the 21st century: upper-middle class social position. Proletarianization. Position more prestigious than before.

Reasons for Choosing Teaching

  • Contact with young people
  • Job tenure
  • Salary

Rewards

  • Intrinsic (subjective, the most privileged)
  • Extrinsic (objective, tend to be denied and distributed equally)
  • Subordinated: holidays (have a deterrent function
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Social Psychology Fundamentals: Behavior, Influence, Research

Chapter 1: Introduction to Social Psychology

Defining Social Psychology

Social Psychology is the science that studies how situations influence us, with special attention to how people view and affect one another.

The Social Situation

The social situation is the combination of people, environmental factors, and social cues that influence an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors at a given time.

  • Objective vs. Subjective Reality:
    • Objective Reality: A factual state of affairs; what is actually happening.
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