L33 Psych 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Psychopathology, Human Behavior, Aripiprazole
13 Jul 2019
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Human behavior is motivated by unconscious processes. Early development has profound effects on adult functioning. Universal principles used to explain bold personality and abnormal behavior. Structural (drive) theory: personality is made of id, ego, and superego. Developmental theory: personality formed during childhood as a result of experiences during psychosexual stages of development. Ex: oral- sexual needs gratified by eating, drinking, sucking. Frustration at these stages will lead to a related disorder later in life. When ego is unable to avoid danger through rational means, it resorts to defensive mechanisms (keeps inner conflict at bay denial/distortion of reality) Defense mechanisms are adaptive because they reduce anxiety, but are problematic when used habitually. Maladaptive behavior: psychopathology stems from unconscious, unresolved conflict that occurred during one of the psychosexual stages of development (early childhood) Reduce or eliminate pathological symptoms by bringing the unconscious into conscious awareness and integrating repressed material into personality. Analysis (interpretation) of free associations and dreams.
