PSY10000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Ego Ideal, Libido, Psy
29 Nov 2017
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4 models: topographical model of mental processes, drive/instinctive model of motivation, developmental model of libidinal drive, structural model of personality. Primary process thinking: is emotional, associative, and irrational. It is primary because human nature is irrational. Rewards the acceptable and punishes the unacceptable. Is in constant conflict with the id. Driven by secondary process thinking: rational and logical thinking. Its secondary because rational thinking is but secondary. Anxiety surfaces when the ego is unable to mediate the. Defense mechanisms: id and superego: emerge due to anxiety and are a way to cope with it, the unconscious allows us to cope, mechanisms: Repression: out of sight, out of mind . Denial: as long as we can deny it, it didn"t happen. Projection: degree to which we project ourselves on others. We project our flaws and weaknesses into others. The people who come out against something, are usually the ones most likely to be involved in said something.
