PSYCH 7A Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Genital Stage, Oral Stage, Phallic Stage
29 Jun 2018
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PSYCH 7A - Lecture 16 - Personality
Sigmund Freud
●moved with family to Vienna, Austria at age of 4
●went to medical school, set up his own practice, specializing in nervous disorders
●noticed that his patients’ symptoms weren’t explainable from neurological perspective –
maybe there are psychological causes!
Topographical Model of the Mind
●Conscious
○holds what you’re currently aware of
●Preconscious
○represents ordinary memory
○currently outside awareness, but can easily be brought into awareness
●Unconscious
○most important part, according to Freud
○not directly accessible to awareness
○storehouse for unacceptable urges, feelings, wishes, and ideas
○the urges, etc, exert a continuing influence on later actions and conscious
experience
Personality Structure
●According to Freud, Personality arises from the conflict between our aggressive,
pleasure-seeking impulses, and the internal and social restraints against them
●3 components of personality:
○Id
■only component present at birth
■contains basic drives to survive, reproduce, and act aggressively
■operates completely in the unconscious
■pleasure principle - all needs should be satisfied immediately
○Ego
■makes sure the id’s impulses are expressed in effective and realistic ways,
taking into account the demands of the external world
■functions mainly in the conscious and preconscious
■reality principle – behavior must take into account the state of the
external world in addition to the needs and urges arising from within
○Superego
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Moved with family to vienna, austria at age of 4. Went to medical school, set up his own practice, specializing in nervous disorders. Noticed that his patients" symptoms weren"t explainable from neurological perspective maybe there are psychological causes! Currently outside awareness, but can easily be brought into awareness. Storehouse for unacceptable urges, feelings, wishes, and ideas. The urges, etc, exert a continuing influence on later actions and conscious experience. According to freud, personality arises from the conflict between our aggressive, pleasure-seeking impulses, and the internal and social restraints against them. Contains basic drives to survive, reproduce, and act aggressively. Pleasure principle - all needs should be satisfied immediately. Makes sure the id"s impulses are expressed in effective and realistic ways, taking into account the demands of the external world. Functions mainly in the conscious and preconscious. Reality principle behavior must take into account the state of the external world in addition to the needs and urges arising from within.
