**this post was supposed to be posted 2 days ago. I forgot that I had saved it to drafts, since the internet wasn't working at the time. So, here it is now.**
This is one of many things that our new behavioral science instructor said today, which helped to keep things interesting. In that particular instance, he was referring to Freud's latency stage of development, a time in childhood where really not much happens. This is in contrast to Freud's first couple stages which involve preoccupation with oral, anal, and genitals. Here's a few other which I jotted down:
Frotteur - probably a good name for a dog (frotteurism is a sexual fetish with rubbing against strangers)
Coprophilia - sex with an un-consenting dead person
Your Id wants to cheat on your wife, the superego doesn't like this situation, so the ego says, "I've got a good idea, we'll say your wife is cheating." (while talking about projection, a defense mechanism)
You want to hurt kids, your superego says you really shouldn't do that, your ego decides to become a pediatrician (while talking about reaction formation)
Partial emancipation - if it involves sex, drugs, or rock and roll, it's OK
When you give lithium, you want to monitor and look for things like death
This is just a small sampling of the things that were said today. Behavioral is typically a very boring subject (at least for me), but the instructor today did a good job of keeping it interesting. Overall, pretty happy with the class. Hopefully, things stay positive for the next 6 weeks or so.
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