PSY 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Satori, Thematic Apperception Test, Muscle Tone
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Two sets of instincts or drives: sexuality and all other life instincts (eros, aggression and all other death instincts (thanatos) Much of what we know and feel is outside our every conscious awareness. Conscious experience is just the tip of the iceberg. Romanticism: european intellectual movement; rejection of classical teachings emphasizing reason, order, and the common good; celebrated the vigorous and passionate life of the individual. From romanticism, freud adopted idea that the individual and society are destined to live in conflict. Unconscious and irrational wishes concerning sexuality and aggression are the most basic (cid:373)oti(cid:448)ato(cid:396)s of the pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396); wishes must be disguised to fit into society and survive. Mind as a psychic machine that uses energy (energy from instincts transferred into useful work) H(cid:455)ste(cid:396)ia (cid:396)esulted f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the patie(cid:374)t"s pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ula(cid:396) ideas, (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:373)a(cid:374)ifestatio(cid:374)s of the (cid:373)i(cid:374)d"s energy. Hysteria caused by problems in the memory of emotionally charged events. Unconscious thought can be superior to conscious thinking in certain situations.
