PSY 402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Psy, Sigmund Freud, Unconscious Mind
20 Apr 2016
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Psy 402 class notes personality- chapter 8. Played an important role drawing attention to unobservable parts of personality. Many theories of adult development and personality are based on psychodynamic perspective. By the time the individual reaches adolescence, there are few substantive changes. As a result, therapy would not be beneficial after the age of 50. Id: the deepest part of the unconscious mind, and seeks fulfillment of desires: the id is kept in check by the ego. Ego the structure in personality most accessible to conscious awareness (rational) To protect the individual from knowledge of the id"s unacceptable impulses, the ego uses defense mechanisms. According to freud defense mechanisms were necessary to allow individual to function with a minimum of anxiety (at a level we"re not aware of but protects ego, so must keep in check) For many current psychologists who operate from a psychodynamic position, the most important component of personality is the ego.
