ATS3407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Collective Unconscious, Reality Principle
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Psychic determinism everything that happens in the mind happens for a specific cause. Cause found in structure and dynamics of personality. Psychoanalysis seeks to find causes deep in the mind: mind psychological result of what brain and body do. Internal structure: the mind consists of specific functionally independant (at time in conflict) parts. Psychic conflict: ego finds a middle ground between motivation, morality and practicality (cid:858)psychic co(cid:373)pro(cid:373)ise(cid:859, most important/over-riding conflicts are sexual or aggressive impulses. Prolonged and unresolved conflict between parts of mind (can) lead to anxiety/guilt: ego worries about. Id going out of control: superego making you feel guilty, ego defence mechanisms. Mental energy energy mind requires to function: libido life/sex drive motive towards creation.
