PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Unconscious Mind, Dream Interpretation, Reality Principle

• School: UW
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 101
• Professor: Pickrell

Document Summary

Psych 101: intro to psych - lecture 33 - personality: Barnum effect - tendency of people to accept high base rate descriptions as accurate. Demonstrates that personal validation (subjective judgments of accuracy) are a flawed method for evaluating a test"s validity. Believed that symptoms were related to repressed memories and feelings. Instinctual drives generate psychic energy, which constantly seeks release. Preconscious - not thinking right now, but can bring forward. Unconscious - cannot reach in normal circumstances. Three independent, interacting, and often conflicting systems: Id: par that is present at birth. Ego: acquired through contact with daily living and reality. Superego: what we learn from our caregivers. Id: the innermost core of the personality. Operates according to the pleasure principle: instinctually we seek pleasure and avoid pain. Traditional values and ideals of family and society. Strives to control the impulses of the id. Defense mechanisms: or distorting reality unconscious mental operations that minimize anxiety by denying.