PSY100H1 Chapter 13: psych chapt 13 to 16.docx

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

Document Summary

Psychodynamic theory freudian theory that unconscious forces, such as wishes and motives, influence behaviour. Personality - the characteristic thoughts, emotional responses, and behaviours that are relatively stable in an individual over time and across circumstances. Personality trait a characteristic, a dispositional tendency to act in a certain way over time and across circumstances. Psychosexual change according to freud, the developmental stages that correspond to the pursuit of satisfaction of libidinal urges. Id part of the psychodynamic theory, the component of personality that is completely submerged in the unconscious and operates according to the pleasure principle. Superego part of the psychodynamic theory, the internalization of societal and parental standards of conduct. Ego part of psychodynamic theory, the component of personality that tries to satisfy the wishes of the id while being responsive to the dictates of the superego. Defence mechanisms unconscious mental strategies the mind uses to protect itself from conflicts and distress.