PSY 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thematic Apperception Test, Reality Principle, Castration Anxiety
9 Dec 2015
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Many areas of psychology focus on the external: learning, social psychology, abnormal. Assume that generally, people are all alike: similar situations = similar response. When presented with a similar situation, different people will act differently. Personality: set of traits that makes us unique: leads to consistency in behavior across situations. Building blocks of personality: traits: stable predisposition to think or behave in a certain way, examples: shy, aggressive, logical, kind. Sigmund freud: first real personality theorist in the world (late 1800s, developed first major theory to explain internal differences in behavior mentally: psychoanalytic theory. Born in 1856 in the austro-hungarian empire. This is the end of the romantic era in europe. Grew up in the victorian age: emphasis on expression, art, and passion, sexuality relatively liberal, humanity is ruled by emotions/impulses, sexuality is taboo (backlash, emphasis on public decency/morality (control, men are in charge. Freud"s family: mom: he"s the oldest and favorite of 7 kids, dad: profound ambivalence (love/hate)
