PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Unconscious Mind, Psychoanalytic Theory, Iceberg

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: markherbert

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Started with the psychoanalytic theory of freud: he thought that personality results from struggles between primal needs and social or moral restraints, personality and behaviour is shaped by interacting unconscious (hidden internal) forces, emphasis on early experiences (childhood) Other psychodynamic theories e. g. , adler, jung: called neo-freudians, similar overall, differs in emphasis. Among the most recognized names in psychology. Be(cid:272)a(cid:373)e i(cid:374)terested i(cid:374) patie(cid:374)ts (cid:449)ith (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)s that defied (cid:374)eurologi(cid:272)al e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374): (cid:862)glo(cid:448)e paral(cid:455)sis(cid:863) entire hand is numb. Began to think symptoms resulted from hidden (unconscious) forces of the mind. Example: unexplained blindness might result from unconscious desire to avoid seeing someone (whom you despise) Freud thought the mind was like an iceberg. Freud identified 3 central forces in personality development: basic instinctual drives (called the id), rational thoughts (the ego), and moral limits (superego) The id: present at birth, basic instinctual needs and desires. Eating, sleeping, sex and comfort: operates entirely by pleasure principle.