Psychology 2035A/B Lecture 1: Psych 2035 Chapter 2

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

No completely different persons, no exactly same persons. Individual differences in traits and behavior that are stable over time and consistent across situations. Part 1: the origins of personality (read textbook by yourself) Freud"s psychodynamic perspective(p 33-39) (freud: trained as a medical doctor to treat patient: hysteria( ): unusual symptoms (but no physical basis) --> why was it effective: the topology of the mind. The conscious mind: everything we are aware of at a given moment. The (motivated) unconscious mind: wishes, desires, impulses that are beyond our conscious awareness. --> kept there because they are threatening or upsetting (unacceptable sexual or. By probing the unconscious (with free association) he could make the unconscious conscious (and cure his patients: three structures of the mind (p. 34-35) (1). The basic instinct: eros (the life instinct) ---> instinct to survive and reproduce. Eros produces psychic energy (libido ) ---must be released. Id operates according to pleasure principle (seeks immediate gratification of needs)