PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Psy, Reaction Formation, Collective Unconscious

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 101
• Professor: Christopher Niemiec

Document Summary

Psy 101:intro to psychology: lecture 15:personality and defense mechanisms. Anxiety provoking thoughts are pushed out of awareness by the ego and then forgotten. Ego shuts itself down when approached by threatful material. Involves converting unacceptable feelings into their opposites. Taking sexual drives and pushing them onto another person. Diverting sexual and aggressive drives onto easier targets. Such as father gets yelled at by the boss and the father yells at the mother and the mother yells at the sons Making excuses for one"s failures and shortcomings. Channeling ones unwanted urges into socially acceptable outcomes. Argued that our development and behavior was due to how we handle social conflicts. Humans have a basic need for love and security. We have a collective unconscious, such as ways of being and meanings that unite us. Bring attention to the conscious mind,free will, subjective experience and self-reflection. Four principle of the association for humanistic psychology. Respect the dignity of those around us.