PSY-2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Electra Complex, Oedipus Complex, Toilet Training
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Preconscious: is not always available, it is there but you were not thinking about it. Ego:reality principle ( delay reward, for appropriate)resolving the conflict. Psychic determinism: all problem has a cause. Unconscious motivation: we do not know why we do thing. Symbolic meaning: every action has a meaning. Id: pleasure principle (strive for reward), motives, and drives. Oedipus complex: boys loves their mothers and ignores their fathers. Electra complex: girls wants to have penis: latency stage : calmness. Behavior are influenced by the interaction between people and their thinking and their. We control some things and can"t control some. social context. Trait is consistent and mood is not. Projective: present with a confused image that the participant must use thought from his personality and unconscious motive to guess. Describe what happen in a painting. (thematic perception) Personality traits are stable, but can change with experience. Self report measure: required to report their traits. Ex: rate yourself confident, extroverted, competent. (1-10)