PSY100Y5 Chapter 12: Psych Chapter 12
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Adult personalities are shaped by childhood experiences. Emphasized the great importance of how people cope with their sexual urges. Psychoanalytic theory attempts to explain personality, motivation, and psychological disorders by focusing on the influence of early childhood experiences. Factor analysis, 548 correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify. Personality, 548 an individual"s unique constellation of consistent behavioural. Personality trait, 548 durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a. Id, 551 the primitive, instinctive component of personality that operates. Pleasure principle, 551 demands immediate gratification of its urges. Psychodynamic theories, 551 include all of the diverse theories descended from. People"s behaviours is governed by unconscious factors. Ego, 552 decision-making component of personality that operates according to. Reality principle, 552 seeks to delay gratification of the id"s urges until. Superego, 552 moral component of personality that incorporates social standards. Conscious, 552 consists of whatever one is aware of at a particular point in time.
