PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sigmund Freud, Psychodynamics, Superego Records
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Psya02 february 4, 2013 week 5. Trained as a physiologist and an expert in observation: paid very close attention. Fascinated by ailments that seemed to have no physiological cause. Came to believe that all human behaviour is motivated by instinctual desires that provide psychic energy. These drives could be unconscious as well as conscious. Freud believed there were three distinct properties of our mind: instinct (id), reason (ego), conscience (superego) The manner in which our internal energies are released determines our personalities. The pleasure principle: the desire to obtain immediate gratification in whatever form it may take. The id is also linked to libido , primary force of instinctual motivation for all psychic forces. Conscience: the internalization of the rules and restrictions of society, in. Ego-ideal: the internalized notion of what society values in a person, what it means to be good , liked or appreciated punishes wrongdoings with feelings of guilt.
