PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Intellectualization, Longitudinal Study, Tiptoes
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The energy that our life force comes from. Divided into two types; duo model of instinct that freud proposed: eros: the life instinct. Does so by satisfying needs of hunger, thirst and sexual needs. Energy behind driving force: libido: thanatos: the death instinct. Consists of aggressive forces: aggressive thoughts and actions and desires to return person to an organic state where they would have peace. Most of what freud talks about is conflict between different parts of the person. Tripartite model of the psyche: id: original and most primitive part. Freud proposed that the id was the oldest and most primitive part of the psyche. In humans part of the psyche that everyone is born with: ego: realistic aspect satisfies demands of id and keeps it in check. Aspect that is in touch with reality and in touch with the mundane; what is going on with the organism at the time.
