PSYC 2508 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Metacognition, Transformational Leadership, Neuroticism
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Freudian psychodynamics: conflicts inherent in instinctual forces, psychosexual development, conflicts are inside of us. Ego = part that we display to others; the one that has to balance several things: the impulses from the id, the impulses from the superego, and the environment. Needs to keep the anxiety down enough so that you can function well. Superego = moral compass; compository of everything you"ve been punished for, so it becomes your conscious (which becomes your moral compass) Neo-freudian (interpersonal) psychodynamics: conflicts inherent in cultural and interpersonal environment, conflicts are outside of us. Traditional etiology of anxiety and defense mechanisms for freudian and neo-freudian view. Conflict caused by internal problems with relationships and the world. Anxiety is created because of confrontation with ultimate concerns. The defense mechanism is used against it. Conflicts inherent in the individual"s confrontation with the givens of existence (ultimate concerns): death (fear of death, freedom (groundlessness, isolation (aloneness, meaning (meaninglessness)
