Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Vehicle, Neurosis, Nocturnal Enuresis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

At first, the ego only has to worry about external reality. Overtime superego is making demands as well. Superego is beginning to control ego by giving rewards for compliance: results in pride. Superego also giving punishment for non-compliance: results in guilt. Note: difficult position for ego: id and superego are often in conflict, id and superego are infantile formed when the child is young. Superego is irrational: if ego obeys superego, Id may not be satisfied: if ego follows id. Ego has a conscious and an unconscious portion. Superego also has a conscious and unconscious portion: unconscious mind the id is entirely unconscious. Cannot consciously be aware of your id motives. Unconscious conflict: interaction of id, ego, and superego, results in constant struggle, this constant interaction leads to anxiety. Unconscious conflict: ego: reality anxiety: fear of real world threats, neurotic anxiety: fear of id"s desires, moral anxiety: fear of guilt.