PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Self-Reference, Impulsivity
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Extension of 1st law of thermodynamics energy in closed system can change from one form to another but cannot be created or destroyed. Somatic symptom disorder physical symptoms without medical cause. Psychoanalysis freud"s treatment approach based on his psychodynamic theory. Psychic /instinctive energy moves among 3 compartments id, efo, Id present at birth & contain primitive drives that serve as source of energy for superego personality. Operates according to pleasure principle seeking immediate gratification & relief. Superego develops when child begins to internalize society"s rules for right & wrong. Not conscious of operations of id consciously aware of operations of ego & superego. Help us channel potentially self-destructive/painful psychic energy into more constructive/manageable behaviours. Assumed origins of patients" problems found in developmental past not in present circumstances impulses of id. Psychosexual interested in how developing personality would deal with sexual. 5 psychosexual stages oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital. Personality product of conflict occurring during psychosexual stages.
