PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Operant Conditioning, Unconscious Mind, Social Cognitive Theory
3 Apr 2016
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* focuses on influence of early childhood experiences unconscious motives and conflicts. Methods people use to cope with sexual and aggressive urges. The id exists in the unconscious level of awareness. The ego operates at all three levels of awareness. The superego operates at all three levels of awareness. Defense mechanisms are unconscious strategies that protect a person from unpleasant emotions such as anxiety. Repression: keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious. Projection: attributing one"s own thoughts, feelings, or motives to another. Displacement: diverting emotional feelings (usually anger) from their original source to a substitute target. Reaction formation: behaving in a way that is exactly the opposite of one"s true feelings. Regression: a reversion to immature patterns of behavior. Rationalization: creating false but plausible excuses to justify unacceptable behavior. Identification: bolstering self-esteem by forming an imaginary or real alliance with some person or group. Sublimation: channeling unconscious, unaccepting impulses into socially acceptable or admirable activities.
