PSY 01107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Peripheral Nervous System, Oral Stage, Phallic Stage
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Definition of psychology the discipline concerned with behavior and mental processed and how they are affected by an organism"s physical state, mental, and external environment. Basic psychology study of psychological issues for the sake of knowledge rather than for its practical application. Emphasizes the movement of psychological energy within the person that forms attachments, conflicts, and motivations. Assumed the adult personality and ongoing problems are due to experiences in early childhood and thus producing unconscious thoughts and feelings that contribute to characteristic habits, habits, conflicts, and often self-defeating problems. Our personality consists of three major systems; the id, the ego, and the superego: id the part of the personality in terms of unconscious energy dynamics within the individual. Someone who is too controlled by their ego will be unabke to balance their personal needs and wishes with social duties and realistic limitations. Someone who is too controlled by their superego becomes too rigid, moralistic, and bossy.
