PSY 1305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Sigmund Freud, Reaction Formation, Psychoanalysis
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Psychodynamic theory: personality is the result of the conscious/unconscious (id, ego, and superego). Humanistic approach: focus on becoming the best self. Trait theories: interested in how behaviors can be predicted (patterns) Social cognitive theories: explain how people think and act differently in various social context; personality is how people interact in certain situations. Psychoanalysis: he believed our unconscious have conflicts with our thoughts and actions because the problem is unacceptable, so we hide them away. Freud"s method of therapy (free association) was to get people to expose their unconscious thoughts to analyze psychological disorders. Id: the primal, animalistic, selfish, irrational desires to satisfy urges; part of our unconscious. Pleasure principle: the impulse for immediate gratification by seeking pleasure. Ego: the conscious personality that balances or compromises what the id and superego wants. Reality principle: delay gratification to satisfy wishes in a realistic way or real world pleasure rather than pain.
