PSY 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Aversion Therapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Schizophrenia
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Ruled by the "reality principle" - can delay gratification until appropriate time. Must find compromise between id and superego: superego, represents our conscience - tells what"s right and wrong. To develop other coping strategies so dm"s are no longer needed: personality development, five "psychosexual" stages, oral (first 18 months) - conflict over being weaned, too late overly dependent, too early overly independent. Anal (18 months to 3 years) - conflict over potty training. Phallic (3 to 6 years) - conflict about sex differences: oedipus complex for boys, electra complex for girls. Latency (6 years to puberty) - repressed urges; associate with same-sex peers: genital (adolescence) - direct sexual urges toward socially acceptable substitutes for parents. Psychopathology: some types of mental disorders, major depressive disorder, symptoms, emotional overwhelming sadness, hopelessness, irritability, loss of interest and pleasure. Cognitive thought processes slowed, difficulty concentrating, indecision.
