PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Oedipus Complex, Defence Mechanisms, Toilet Training

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Megan Mc Carthy

Document Summary

Personality: long lasting patterns of thinking/behaving based in biology, development, basic differences, sigmund freud wanted to treat the physical issues based on psychological unconscious treatment. 1: ego: makes decisions and understands surface interactions. Follows the reality principle to resolve the superego/id conflict. 2: superego: values and moral standards (should do) 3: id: basic biological drives fueled by the libido (want to do) Operates based on the pleasure principle, no consequences. 1: different people will have different personalities because of the relative id, ego, superego strengths. 2: dynamic of personality determined by how we react to anxiety based on id, ego, superego imbalances. Processes to reduce anxiety by manipulating reality, ignoring conflict, operating unconsciously (un)healthy. Burying conscious information in the unconscious, least evidence. Hiding true motives with a reasonable explanation for one"s actions. Assuming characteristics of someone else to reduce anxiety. Attributing bad qualities to others rather than self. Turning a negative impulse into an acceptable one.