PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Intellectualization, Reaction Formation
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Type a: perfectionist, driven, disciplined, high strung -- a lot of pressure on themselves. - high stress reactions suffer socially -- expect others to be just as driven as them. Type b: laid back, relaxed, take time for themselves -- not as driven as type a -- deal better with daily problems. Coping strategies the ability to have a sense of humor social supports exercise appropriate resources relaxation. Personality: a unique and relatively stable pattern of thoughts, behaviors, and actions that explain who you are, make you different from other people"s -- general understanding of how you behave most of our motivations and drives are subconscious. Id: pleasure principle -- gravitates towards things that are pleasurable. Ego: reality principle -- delay of gratification -- finds appropriate ways to get needs met. Super ego: morality principle -- we feel guilty when we know we did something wrong.
