PSYCH 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Thematic Apperception Test, Karen Horney, Carl Jung
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An individual"s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. From freud"s theory which proposes that childhood sexuality and unconscious motivations influence personality. Technique of treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions. Freud"s psychoanalytic theory of personality sought to explain what he observed during psychoanalysis. Person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing. Freud-a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes. Contemporary-information processing of which we are unaware. Preconscious- information that is not conscious, but is retrievable into conscious awareness. Strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The part of personality that presents internalized ideals. Provides standards for judgement and for future aspirations. The largely conscious, executive part of personality. Mediates among the demands of the id, superego and ego. Operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id"s desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.
