01:830:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Epileptic Seizure, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Constipation

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Carl Persing

Document Summary

Insight-oriented therapy: a type of therapy in which the therapist aims to remove distressing symptoms by leading the person to understand the psychological causes of his or her symptoms through deeply felt personal insights. Once someone truly understands the psychological causes of distressing symptoms, the symptoms themselves will diminish. Psychoanalysis: an intensive form of therapy that is directly connected to freud"s theory of personality and based on the idea that psychological difficulties are caused by unconscious conflicts. Psychodynamic theory: a less intensive form of psychoanalysis. Id: the personality structure that exists at birth and houses sexual and aggressive drives, physical needs, and simple psychological needs. Superego: the personality structure that is formed during early childhood and houses the sense of right and wrong, based on the internalization of parental and cultural morality. Ego: the personality structure that develops in childhood and tries to balance the competing demands of the id, superego, and reality.