PSYC 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Iceberg, Unconscious Mind, Freudian Slip
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Personality: what is it and how can we study it. Personality: people"s typical ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Trait: relatively enduring predisposition that influences our behaviour across many situations, ex. Psychoanalytic theory the controversial lecacy of sigmund freud and his. The id, ego, and superego: the structure of personality. Id: reservoir of our most primitive impulses including sex and aggression. Contains the sense of right and wrong we"re internalized from our interactions with society. Reality principle: tendency of the ego to postpone gratification until it can find an appropriate outlet. Called dreams the royal road to the unconscious mind. Wish fulfillments: expression of the id"s impulses. Dream dictionaries aren"t the most valid objects. Neo-freudian theories: theories derived from freud"s model, but that placed less emphasis on sexuality as a driving force in personality and were more optimistic regarding the prospects for long-term personality growth.
