PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Homeostasis, Organism, Emotional And Behavioral Disorders

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Toni Serafini

Document Summary

In animals: controlled by physiological and hormonal systems. Thinking about loving someone ew lol : behavioural expression (ex. For freud, he believed our deepest and darkest desires are buried in the conscious. Freud believed dream analysis was the best way to describe the unconscious for a time. Freud also believed that the unconscious part of the mind has more influence on our personality than our conscious part. Further broken down into: the id- the part of the brain that seeks satisfaction and pleasure. The id usually does what it wants, whenever it wants: the ego- referees between the conscious, preconscious and unconscious minds. Also knows that relying totally on the id (being selfish in satisfying pleasures at any time) is not socially acceptable. The ego develops when children are between 3 and 4 years of age; partly conscious, deals with demands of reality.