EGNE 1206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wish Fulfillment, Libido
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Wish fulfillment: (fantasy and dreams): by analyzing dreams you see the wish fulfillment. Relationship between energy sources and levels of consciousness. Superego: can be un conscious, preconscious, or conscious. Ego: situated much more at a conscious level- it has some of all other levels but it is much more accessible at being aware of what"s going on. Closed system: (psychic) energy cannot be added and cannot escape. Cathexis to cathect: to put energy towards something (then cannot be used other places) Mind has energy but it is a closed system- can"t add energy, and it can"t escape (there is fixed amount) Energy gets invested in different things/processes within the brain (cathexis- the investment/directing of that energy into something) We have a need for immediate tension removal. Can have an id vs. ego value: (neurotic anxiety: ego says wait your turn for cookie to eventually get it.