PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Object Relations Theory, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Impulse Control Disorder
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Libido: the term used to describe the instinctual drives of the id, primarily sexual in nature. Unconscious: a state of unawareness without sensation or thought. It is part of the id impulses and personality or id energy which the ego is unaware of. Pleasure principle: when the id is not satisfied tension is produced, and the id strives to eliminate this tension, for example the infant feels hunger, an aversive drive, and is impelled to move about, sucking, to reduce the tension. Primary process thinking: generating images in essence, fantasies - of what is desired. The infant who (cid:449)a(cid:374)ts the (cid:373)othe(cid:396)"s (cid:373)ilk i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)es su(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g at the (cid:373)othe(cid:396)s (cid:271)(cid:396)east a(cid:374)d the(cid:396)e(cid:271)(cid:455) o(cid:271)tai(cid:374)s so(cid:373)e sho(cid:396)t-term satisfaction. Ego: primarily conscious and begins to develop from the id during the second six months of life. Its task is to deal with the reality. Secondary process thinking: the reality based decision making and problem solving activities of the ego.
