Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Unconditional Positive Regard, Carl Jung, Unconscious Mind

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

Document Summary

Looks at causes of behavior at the unconscious level (urges & conflicts) Sigmund freud treated patients with conversion hysteria, which is blindness, paralysis or other conditions with no physical cause (symptoms caused by unconscious mind) Patients were placed under hypnosis/free association to remember the past traumatic experience and symptoms would disappear. Suppressing emotions is a defense mechanism that leads to dysfunctional behavior due to emotional build up (must be released - directly or indirectly) Thoughts perceptions, mental events of which we are currently aware. Mental events not currently in awareness but can easily be recalled (ie my 16th birthday part) Cannot be brought into the conscious mind under ordinary conditions. According to freud this is the largest and most important. Id (instincts/unconscious psychic energy): gratification or release (selfish desires) Spans all levels of consciousness, functions mostly at conscious level reality to see when id can safely discharge impulses; delays gratification until conditions are safe/appropriate.