SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Norm (Social), Preconscious, Iceberg
5 Feb 2016
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Come from homes that are defined as dysfunctional : abuse, alcoholism, violence, no relationship with parents, rejection and neglect, don"t understand how to have relationships, poor background. Homosexuality labeled a dysfunctional disorder until. Can people change/mold things about their personalities as. Electroshock therapy provide people w/ electric shock to rewire someone"s brain. Overuse of medication drugs to change people. Ego reality ways what the id wants without harming other people. Waiting until i have money to get chocolate. When we violate, it creates wrong guilt. It"s hard to measure to what extent people use up their psyche. Tested 566 items/questions that they gave to numerous people. Critique: behavioral causes, social reaction, traits. Didn"t always produce aggression sometimes it was depression. People are motivated to increase their arousal levels when. When too excited, you need a level to relax. People differ in their amount of arousal: each person is different based on their biology.
