PSY230H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter all: Oedipus Complex, Projective Test, Reality Principle
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Ego is found in conscious, preconscious and unconscious. The super ego is guided by the reality principle. According to freud: we are all born with a desire to die and return to the earth. Most of our behaviour is under the life instinct of the libido. The ego uses defense mechanisms in order to reduce anxiety. Repression formation: acting in a way that is opposite than what you believe. Resolution of the oedipus complex leads to the development of the superego. One function of dreams that freud maintained was they provide a safe and healthy outlet for expressing aggressive desires. People who score high on the absorption are more responsive to the hypnosis. Motivation expectancy and concentration are the three concepts use to explain . From freud"s view of tension reduction, one can conclude that a joke will be received as funnier when more tension is experienced before the punch line.
