PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Attachment Theory, Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Penis Envy
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Freud appeared on the cover of time magazine five times: three of them posthumously. Instincts: strong innate forces that provide all the energy in the psychic system. In initial formulation, two instinct classes: self-preservation instincts, sexual instincts. Human mind consists of three parts: conscious, preconscious, unconscious. Freud argued that nothing happens by accident instead, there is a reason behind every act, thought, and feeling. Everything we do, think, say, feel is an expression of our mind either conscious, preconscious, or unconscious. Reasons could be discovered if contents of the unconscious could be examined. Most symptoms of mental illness are caused by unconscious motivations. To cure psychological symptoms, the unconscious cause must be discovered. Anxiety is an unpleasant state that signals that things are not right and something must be done. Signals that control of ego is being threatened by reality, by impulses from id, or by harsh controls exerted by superego.
