PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Unconscious Mind, Electra Complex, Iceberg
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Intro to personality and psychodynamic theories chapter 14 myers. Personality is our characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. Dynamic interaction between conscious mind and unconscious mind. Freud"s psychoanalysis-- theory of personality and the associated treatment techniques. Told patients to say whatever came to mind. Freud believed that it allowed him to retrace the patients" distant past, following a chain of thought to their unconscious. Memories from childhood could be retrieved and released. Conscious awareness is the iceberg that floats above the surface. Unconscious mind is the larger part of the iceberg. Thoughts, wishes, feelings and memories were stored temporarily in a preconscious area--we retrieve them into conscious awareness. We repress, or forcibly block from our consciousness because they are too unsettling to acknowledge. Strives to satisfy basic drives to survive, reproduce, and aggress. Ex: someone who would sooner party now than sacrifice today"s pleasure for future success and happiness. Contains our partly conscious perceptions, thoughts, judgments and memories.
