PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Projective Identification, Intellectualization, Libido
2 Jul 2018
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22/03/2018 An Overview of Freud’s Classical Psychoanalytic Theory
Freud has a very important concept of motivation in the form of biological drives
Each is appetitive (has an appetite) and seeks gratification
The drives are an empirical investigation but doubted one was the hunger drive and another
was the sex drive
Sex drive linked to perceptual apparatus – when drive intensity is high, this affects
perception
The pleasure principle – we want our drives gratified
The reality principle – when we realise that we will not have our drives gratified
immediately, which often leads to drive frustration
Primary attachments – determine how we think about our caregivers which, according to
Freud, carries through for the rest of our lives
Implicitly, theories of attachment are prevalent
Socialisation – broader family, school, groups, institutions, - determines how personality
develops – depends on parents responding to drives
Intrapsychic conflict – conflict between ego and superego
Values are inflicted on children by parents – internalise parental values unconsciously
Socially unacceptable values are repressed/rendered unconscious – this is because we are
dependent on our parents, we need their love
Freud later conceptualised the psyche as consisting of: ID, EGO, SUPEREGO
Repression always presses for release and gratification hence a major contributor to ones
personality and subsequent behaviour
Superego – the internalisation of parental values
We have defence mechanisms that make up our personality and our behaviour – protects
against anxiety of drives being denied
Unconscious material won’t come out blatantly
Will show: repression, denial, projective identification, identification with the aggressor,
intellectualisation, sublimation
People have protective mechanisms in place, psychologists need to deal with this which is
hard
Psyche is not unified – e.g. people wanting help yet denying it
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Document Summary
Freud has a very important concept of motivation in the form of biological drives. Each is appetitive (has an appetite) and seeks gratification. The drives are an empirical investigation but doubted one was the hunger drive and another was the sex drive. Sex drive linked to perceptual apparatus when drive intensity is high, this affects perception. The pleasure principle we want our drives gratified. The reality principle when we realise that we will not have our drives gratified immediately, which often leads to drive frustration. Primary attachments determine how we think about our caregivers which, according to. Freud, carries through for the rest of our lives. Socialisation broader family, school, groups, institutions, - determines how personality develops depends on parents responding to drives. Intrapsychic conflict conflict between ego and superego. Values are inflicted on children by parents internalise parental values unconsciously. Socially unacceptable values are repressed/rendered unconscious this is because we are dependent on our parents, we need their love.
