PSY 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: 18 Months, Oedipus Complex, Anal Retentiveness
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Significant restrictions in his society no expression of personal desires/inner thoughts. Many theories have been discounted and some continue over time: modern psychologists question personality as being affected by sexual/aggressive impulses. Efforts of the self to avoid recognizing sexual/aggressive desires are important in shaping personality. Assumptions: psychic determinism idea that everything can be explained (influences of the unconscious) Ex: memory lapse, missed an appt. , showed up late: levels of consciousness the mental iceberg . Unconscious things unaware of (embarrassments, fears, urges: did not let reach consciousness, freudian slips: occasionally unconscious thoughts are let into/impulsively current awareness, structure of personality and psychic compromise | psychic conflict. Inferred internal structure of how the mind works (id, ego, superego) Id | pleasure principle: immediate gratification of unconscious wishes: ego | reality principle: aware of the real environment, superego | morality principle: internalizing of rules of parents/society, psychic energy system. Psychic energy is necessary to make the mind work; however, it"s limited.
