PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Body Party, Phallic Stage, Toilet Training
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It doesn"t have a direct contact with the world. It only sees the world through these memory images. It has no understanding of causer and affect and how the world works or how the behaviours of the individual will affect that individual in terms of the consequences. 90% of the ego is unconscious but about 10% is conscious, which compromises our consciousness. These two structures conceptualize the two biggest influences on our behaviour and thinking: the id mostly represents human nature, culture, society and morality is not part of the id and ego. Superego: there are two parts to it, ego ideal. Jan 15/14 psych 2b03, personality, dr. day, c02: one of the big influences of freud was on developmental psychology, before freud they viewed children to be equal to adults, freud said adult behaviour was shaped by childhood experiences. This is called the oral incorporative sub-stage, because the pleasures involve taking in and incorporating things into the mouth.