PSYC 1103 Lecture 7: Lecture 7 continued
25 Sep 2018
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Never consciously recognizing conflict/problem in the first place. Act out feelings on an object other than the true target (ex. a person who goes into work and has a terrible day at work and goes home and yells at his wife) Assign your own characteristics to someone else (take any characteristics we feel guilty about and say someone else has it as if it is theirs) Replace an unacceptable impulse with a socially acceptable one (ex. a person who is obsessed with sex and they find themselves becoming an artist and painting nudes society says that"s okay) Give strong expression to the opposite of true feelings b/c true feelings are threatened. Seek the security of an earlier developmental period (ex. a person may be feeling stressed and go back to relive childhood memories to make them feel better) Understanding personality involves exploring the symbolic meanings of behavior and the unconscious mind. Series of ambiguous pictures viewed one at a time.
