01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Josef Breuer, Unconscious Mind, Oedipus Complex

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Personality - a unique, core set of characteristics that influence the way one thinks, acts, and feels, and that are relatively consistent and enduring throughout the lifespan. Temperament - distinct patterns of emotional reactions and behaviors observed early in life. A reservoir (unconscious mind) of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. Freud asked to say whatever came to their minds (free association) to tap the unconscious. Freud developed the concept of the oedipus complex. Freud proposed that people have a libido, means a sexual drive or psychosexual energy. It is mostly hidden, and below the surface lies the unconscious mind. Superego - guides behavior to follow the rules. Freud proposed the existence of defense mechanisms, which keeps these thoughts and feelings banished in the unconscious. These are figures and themes in history. succeed may suffer from an inferiority complex, an exaggerated feeling of inadequacy, throughout their lives.

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