PSYCH356 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Psychodynamics, Thematic Apperception Test, Reaction Formation
8 Apr 2018
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Freudian psychodynamics involved processes through which the ego struggles to deal with unacceptable impulses and counter-pressures, avoid anxiety, and attain a harmonious integration among the diverse components of personality in conflict. A (cid:392)transformation of motives(cid:393) involved persisting impulses but changing the desired objects into more psychologically acceptable forms. Denial - refusal to accept facts that are upsetting or damaging to self-esteem. Displacement - altering the target of an impulse to something more acceptable. Projection - perceiving a threatening trait in others to avoid acknowledging it in oneself. Rationalization - altering one"s construal of a self-relevant actio or outcome to perceive it more favourably. Reaction formation - behaving in an extreme opposite way to avoid recognizing that one has an unacceptable trait or motive. Projective techniques are a traditional measure of intrapsychic conflict that involve an ambiguous task with a disguised purpose.
