PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Electra Complex, Dream Interpretation, Preconscious
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Believed symptoms were related to repressed memories and feelings. Instinctual drives generate psychic energy, which constantly seeks release. We try to keep inappropriate feelings out of our conscious awareness because it"s not socially acceptable. But these thoughts/psychic energy are always trying to get into our consciousness. Three independent systems, interacting, and often conflicting systems. Ability of our mind to assess what"s going on in external world and act upon it. The id and the ego can come into conflict. Ego"s job to assess what can be done based on reality. Curbs all the wants and desires of the id. Traditional values and ideals of family and society. Strives to control the impulses of the id. Blind quest for moral perfection: defense mechanisms: unconscious mental operations that minimize anxiety by denying or distorting reality. Trying to push reality out of our awareness. You"re mad at a professor but don"t get angry at them, you get mad at the ta.
