PSYCH 202 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rorschach Test, Psychoticism, Conscientiousness
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Review page 485, structural model of personality section and common defense mechanisms p. 486: structural model of personality proposed by freud, model of how mind is organized based on three structures that operate on different levels of consciousness. Id: completely in subconscious; operates on pleasure principle, which is driven by sex and aggression. Superego: internalization of societal and parental standards of conduct; rigid structure of morality. Ego: mediates between id and ego; operates according to rational though and problem solving (reality principle). Uses defense mechanisms: defense mechanisms unconscious mental strategies used by mind to protect itself from distress. Projection attribute bad qualities of self to someone else. Displacement shift emotion from one obj to another. Yell at kids after a long day of work. Pages 487-491 will primarily review class material so review for that purpose . note study on 491 on test taking since did not cover in class: humanistic approaches to personality.
