PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Factor Analysis, Trait Theory, Neuroticism

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Unique constellation of consistent behavioural traits : across time, across situations, uniqueness, additional parameters, flexibility (versus rigidity) Id (birth onward: the id is the primitive, instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle. The id houses the raw biological urges (to eat, sleep, defecate, copulate, and so on) that energize human behaviour. The id operates according to the pleasure principle, which demands immediate gratification of its urges. The ego is guided by the reality principle, which seeks to operates according to the reality principle. The ego mediates between the id, with its forceful desires for immediate satisfaction, and the external social world, with its expectations and norms situations can be found. In short, to stay out of trouble, the ego often works to tame the unbridled desires of the id. the ego engages in secondary-process thinking, which is relatively rational, realistic, and oriented toward problem solving.