PY - Psychology PY 100S Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Phallic Stage, Genital Stage, Electra Complex
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Unique pattern of enduring psychological and behavioral characteristics. Thoughts, feelings, and behavior are due to active, but unconscious. Helps to satisfy the id in the face of increasing constraints of. Develops as you internalize parental and societal values. Unconscious tactics that prevent threatening material from surfacing on disguises them if they do. Provide insight into our own mental processes. I failed a biology test because the tests aren"t fair . A student actually really despises their roommate but goes out of his way to be exceptionally courteous and generous. Angry at your professor, you come home and kick the wall because it is more appropriate than hitting your professor. I don"t talk to that person because they don"t like me but actually you don"t like them. Joan has no recollection of her husband"s funeral. John was very aggressive as a child, but as an adult makes his living as a professional wrestler.