PSYC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Speeder, Electra Complex, Conscientiousness
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Psychodynamic perspective originated by freud; view human behavior as lively interaction between conscious and unconscious mind (id, ego, superego) Id unconscious energy, pleasure principle, seeks instant gratification by satisfying basic drives. Superego moral conscious, voice of reason. Ego reality principle; works to satisfy id, superego, and external world. Regression retreat to infant psycho stage. Reaction formation switch unacceptable feelings to their opposites. Projection disguising own impulses by attributing them to others. Rationalization offer self-justifying explanations in place of real reason. Habitual drinker says she only does it to be social. Displacement shifting aggression toward less threatening object. Kicking the cat because angry about something else. Psychosexual stages: oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital. Oedipus complex boys feel sexual attraction to their mother"s, hate father for being competition (phallic stage) Electra complex opposite of oedipus complex for girls. Fixation locking person"s pleasure-seeking energies at an unresolved stage.
