PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
25 Jan 2017
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Labeling: insurance companies will not pay for treatment unless there is a diagnosis. Personality: an individuals characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and actions. 2 psychologists believe that personality is why we behave how we do. Sigmund freud: psychoanalytic theory proposed that childhood sexuality and the unconsciousness motivates and influences our personality. Id- contains a reservoir of unconscious psychic, strives to satisfy the basic sexual and aggressive drives. Ego- the large conscious executive part of the personality, mediates among the demands of the id. Operates o(cid:374) the reality pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iple to satisfy the id"s desires and ways that will bring about pleasure rather than pain. Superego- part of our personality that represents the internalized ideas and provides standards for judgments (consciousness). Abraham maslow: humanistic approach- focused on the inner capacities for growth and self-fulfillment. Talked about self accusation, the ultimate psychological need that arrives after basic physical and psychological needs.
