PSYC 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Thrownness, Unconditional Positive Regard, Operant Conditioning

• School: University of Kansas
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 120
• Professor: Stephen Ilardi

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3 primary parts of mind: id, ego, superego. Two components = libido and thanatos (sex and aggression) Clues of existence dreams, freudian slips, forgetting, etc. Id is irratio(cid:374)al, i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)tile (cid:894)freud sa(cid:455)s (cid:374)e(cid:449)(cid:271)or(cid:374) (cid:271)a(cid:271)(cid:455) is (cid:862)all id(cid:863) Ego develops out of id; rational, conscious, delayed gratification. Ego (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:374)els id"s dri(cid:448)es to opti(cid:373)ize gratifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374: high ego strength (cid:455)ou"ll (cid:271)e (cid:862)(cid:449)ell off(cid:863), (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t suffer fro(cid:373) (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal ill(cid:374)ess, low ego strength might develop psychosis or neurosis. Neurosis stress, anxiety, depression, etc: stronger ego able to have a conversation about why something bothers you i(cid:374)stead of gi(cid:448)i(cid:374)g so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e the (cid:862)sile(cid:374)t treat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) Superego internalized social norms: lots of schizophrenic patients experience a voice that could be considered as the superego, tells (cid:455)ou (cid:449)he(cid:374) so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g is (cid:862)(cid:271)ad(cid:863) E(cid:454). (cid:862)(cid:455)ou su(cid:272)k, (cid:455)ou should(cid:374)"t do that, go sa(cid:455) sorr(cid:455),(cid:863) et(cid:272). Intrapsychic conflict source of all mental illness. Mother-in-law automatically denied her nephew smoking in the basement even though she knew what it was: (cid:862)(cid:374)ope, that (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e right(cid:863, ex.