PSYC 464 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Freudian Slip, Bsc Young Boys, Phallic Stage
28 Feb 2018
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The first and most fundamental assumption of the psychoanalytic approach. Determinism = idea that everything that happens has a cause that can be identified. Leaves no room for miracles, free will, or random accidents. Leads to the conclusion that many important mental processes are unconscious. The distinction between the brain and the mind the brain is a physical organ whereas the mind is the psychological result of what the brain and rest of the body do. Id = the repository of the drives, the emotions, and the primitive, unconscious part of the mind that wants everything now. Ego = the relatively rational part of the mind that balances the competing claims of the id, the superego, and reality. Superego = the part of the mind that consists of the conscience and the individual"s system of internalized rule of conduct, or morality.
