PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Collective Unconscious, Weaning, Individuation
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Chapter 5 sleep and dreaming: 9 questions. Repression: stimulus; way of getting at deeper dynamics of personality) Think up exquisite excuses for things you have done/have not done. Helps us with the ugly face of morbid jealousy. Transfer our responsibility for unacceptable behaviors/ impulses onto others. People who feel persecuted are like the ones persecuting other. Some parents have rationalized that murdering their children is rationalized but the fact that this. Don"t confuse with projectives which are personality characteristics that use ambiguous forms of. To convince ourselves that our bad actions aren"t that bad. Conscious attitude toward something is very negative but the unconscious is positive. Attractive co-worker is married so you treat her poorly but you are attracted to her deep down. What appears to be negative on the outside may disguise positive feelings deep down and vice versa. Attacks something/someone less powerful because of frustration.
