ENGL 2024 Chapter : Psychoanalytical Theory
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127: the only thing that remains 100% unconscious, instinctual sexual drives, this requires instant satisfaction, infants think with their id because society has not had an effect on there conscious, super ego (text pg. When you make choices about your life. Socially-acquired control mechanism: parents, experiencing the world. Unconscious screening mechanism which seeks to limit the blind pleasure-seeking of the id: ego (text pg. Neurosis (personality desorder: defense mechanisms, how do we keep the conflict from being too intense, defense mechanism: Sublimation: inappropriate sexual desire, your subconscious channels them into something socially acceptable, why is this defense mechanism a fallacy for many, people what to succeed for many other issues beside sexual feeling. Regression: trauma or conflict occurs, might return to a behavioral characteristic of a previous developmental stage in order to cope, fetal position , most comforting position, comfort food , things that excited children.
