PSY 621 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Soulmate, Myotonia
10 Feb 2016
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Psychology of human sexuality - cpsy 621 - oren amitay. Finished with freud - he got a few things right. Passive aggression is technically not the silent treatment . Classic freudian passive aggression - person cannot acknowledge their anger or other negative emotions (they don"t believe they are angry) From a young age they learn that anger or resistance leads to horrible consequences (punishment) - child learns to assert independence at age 2 - punished for saying no. not to express anger (this is not suppression; it is. Suppress - consciously push it out of awareness. (see someone hot walking down street but married so you suppress emotions) Repression - most important defence mechanism - underlies all defence mechanisms. Unconsciously pushing things (burying it but it is still just below the surface) Child who learns no is bad is unconsciously repressing emotions. (one represses scary, hurtful, painful things) Passive aggressive person- cannot be changed - person will.
