PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Freudian Slip, Abraham Maslow, Unconscious Mind
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Module 12. 3- psychodynamic and humanistic approaches to personality. Abraham maslow believed that although we have the capacity to do great evil, we are inherently good at the foundation of our being. The more we open ourselves to our goodness, the more we will see reality clearly rather than through our biases. Maslow hoped that his work would help people learn how to cultivate these qualities within themselves. Interestingly, freud was not trained in psychology, but was instead a neurologist. Personality and behaviour are shaped by powerful forces in consciousness which is hidden in our unconscious. From a psychodynamic perspective, however, there are no mistakes, and we have very little control over ourselves, and remarkably little insight into the reasons for our own behaviours. Everything we think, feel, and do results from psychological dynamics that are so deeply buried in our unconscious that we have no direct access to them; our mind is a black box, even to ourselves.
