PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Phallic Stage, Latency Stage, Anal Stage
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Instincts: strong innate forces that provide all the energy in the psychic system. Freud"s original theory of instincts was influenced by darwin"s theory of evolution. In initial formulation, two instinct classes: self-preservation instincts, sexual instincts. In later formulation, freud collapsed self-preservation and sexual instincts into one, called life instict (libido), added death instinct (thanatos) Why or why not: human mind consists of 3 parts, conscious. Important to get to the root of the unconscious. Concerns how people cope with their sexual and aggressive instincts within the constraints of civilized society. One part of the mind creates these urges, another part has a sense of what society expects, and another part tries to satisfy urges within the bounds of reality and society. 1: contains thoughts, feelings, and images about which you are presently aware, contains information you are not presently thinking about, but can be easily retrieved and made conscious.
