CAS PS 251 Midterm: Exam 1 Study Guide
10 Apr 2017
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Public: the public or representative self is who someone is when they are aware of the presence of other people / Private selves: the private self is who someone is inside their own head and/or when they are alone. Nomothetic: seeks to formulate laws; theories that apply to everyone; research; aristotle / idiographic: involved with the study of individual cases; clinical work; galileo. Psychic determinism: psychic activity is not subordinated to free choice; a type of determinism that theorizes that all mental processes are not spontaneous but are determined by the unconscious or pre-existing mental processes. Parapraxis: an everyday minor psychosis that interferes with emotions and functioning; written or verbal mistakes that reveal the unconscious: freudian slips. Economic theory/dynamic: we only have so much psychic energy at our disposal, so if we use too much for any one thing, we will be out of balance.
