01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Unconscious Mind, Psychosexual Development, Personality Development

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Lawrence Jacobs

Document Summary

In his clinical practice, freud encountered patients suffering from nervous disorders. Freud"s clinical experience led him to develop the first comprehensive theory of personality , which included the unconscious mind , psychosexual stages, and defense mechanisms. A reservoir ( unconscious mind ) of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, Freud asked patients to say whatever came to their minds ( free association ) in and memories. order to tap the unconscious. The process of free association (chain of thoughts) leads to painful , embarrassing. Once these memories are retrieved and released ( treatment: psychoanalysis ) the unconscious memories. patient feels better. There are 5 stages, each with its own way for seeking gratification. Freud believed that personality formed during the first few years of life divided into psychosexual stages. Personality development relates to the changing nature of psychosexual interest and pleasure. During these stages the id"s pleasure-seeking energies focus on pleasure sensitive body areas called erogenous zones.