PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Karen Horney, Sigmund Freud, Oral Stage
11 Dec 2013
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Founder of psychodynamic theory: what a person is aware of is the tip of the iceberg ; most of what is going on in the human mind is outside of our awareness: Conscious: contact the with outside world that processes information from our ego. Preconscious: material just beneath the surface of awareness, but can be brought into conscious awareness. Unconscious: majority of our psyche below the surface of awareness that"s hard to bring into conscious awareness. Suggested that children must resolve a series of psychosexual stages to emerge as a balanced, healthy adult. The reality principle that undergoes secondary-process thinking to negotiate constraints society imposes on behaviour (superego) with our lustful desires (id); it provides appropriate outlets for sexual and aggressive urges that don"t violate rules of society. Your conscience, which contains knowledge of rules and consequences of behaviour and ensures we behave in appropriate ways. It deals out pride for being good and guilt/shame for bad behaviour.
