PSY 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Psychodynamics, Vitalism, Cognitive Load

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 505
• Professor: Alasdair Goodwill

Document Summary

Interpretation of dreams: major technique: free association, widely criticized in his own time, he courageously continued his work with psychology. It is not like a computer hard drive spinning up only when purposely accessed always on and much of it is happening beyond our awareness in the. Influenced heavily by conservation of energy theory (helmholtz: energy in a closed" system energy cannot be created or destroyed. Freud"s mental energy fundamentals: limited amount of energy. Ex: if used for depressive thoughts, it may be hard to concentrate (cogni load) If enough energy, would be able to or this is how sys works, if turning one gear then cannot turn the other: paths can be blocked (but energy can"t be destroyed) If sexual path is blocked then the energy is expressed down (a different) path (of least resistance) Ex: aggression, anxiety (drug and alcohol use: bx: self-medicated drug and alcohol use; frustration -> aggression.