PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Sigmund Freud, Personal Unconscious, Collective Unconscious

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Studies have also shown that conscientiousness fosters diligence and dependability in the workplace: extraversion and conscientiousness are positive predictors of occupational attainment, whereas neuroticism is a negative predictor. 12. 2 psychodynamic perspectives: psychodynamic theories: include all of the diverse theories descended from the work of. Sigmund freud, which focus on unconscious mental forces. Freud divided personality structure into three components: the id, the ego, and the superego. Superego: the moral component of personality that incorporates social standards about what represents right and wrong: the superego emerges out of the ego at around three to five years of age. In some people, the superego can become irrationally demanding in its striving for moral perfection. Such people are plagued by excessive feelings of guilt: levels of awareness. Freud assumed that behaviour is the outcome of an ongoing series of internal conflicts. He saw internal battles between the id, ego, and superego as routine. Freud believed that people"s lives are dominated by conflict.