PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Unconscious Mind, Projective Test, Reality Principle
22 Sep 2019
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Personality: personality is a characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting, psychodynamic theories. Developed in freudian time: observed patients whose disorder had no clear physical explanations, concluded their problems re ected unacceptable thoughts and feelings, hidden away in the unconscious mind. Personality structure: id: instincts, drove by primary needs and desire, ego: balance id and superego, operates on reality principle, bring long term pressure, superego: ideal behaviors; acts as moral conscience. Assessing unconscious process: projective test: personality test that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to projection of one"s inner dynamics and reveal unconscious motives. Credit to freud"s theory: drawing attention to the vast unconscious, addressing con ict between biological impulses and social restraints, highlights the role of early childhood experiences. Criticisms: after-the-fact explanations fail to predict behaviors and traits, parental in uence is overestimated, impossible to test if its true. Humanistic theories: developed in response and emphasized the good nature of humans and our desire for personal growth.
