PSYC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Polymorphous Perversity, Psychodynamics, Libido

• School: American River College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 300
• Professor: Fratello

Document Summary

3 forces in conflict, behavior results from ego"s attempt to find compromise to satisfy id and superego. Id impulses are like a pressure cooker. Either slips out particularly under stress. Or is transformed and disguised to hide unacceptable content. Strategies ego uses to keep unacceptable id impulses out of consciousness (and the watchful eye of the superego) Transfer of psychic energy from an unacceptable to acceptable object. Acceptable object usually associated with or resembles the original object. Refusal to accept reality of unacceptable situation. Difficult to maintain requires too much energy. Producing a seemingly logical rationale for an impulse, thought, or reality that would otherwise produce anxiety. Attributing an unacceptable thought or feeling of your own to someone else instead of yourself. All you ever think about is sex! . Angry spouses see other as hostile or suspicious. Turning an unacceptable impulse into its opposite. Redirection of unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable pursuits.