PSYC 370 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Cognitive Theory, Abreaction, Explicit Memory
27 Jan 2013
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Traumatic events and the symptoms of neurosis conflict between disturbances (id vs. ego) that originate in childhood (less emphasis on sexuality) --> too intense = neurosis. Symptoms of neurosis were seen as expression of desires/fantasies; it is a sort of [costly] relief from inner conflict. Internal struggle between wishes for instinctual satisfaction (id) vs. imperative reality/ moral teaching. Ego keeps id in the unconscious mind via defence mechanisms, but id still slips through the cracks into the conscious mind. Id: the motivational part, the instincts that demands immediate gratification, Ego: deals with external reality and controls id. Internal state influences how one behaves in events of external world. Children are driven towards seuxalized urge for pleasurable stimulation; areas are mouth, anus, genitals --> their functions are socialized --> improper socialization can be damaging psychologically. Doesn"t only focus on disturbances/disorders, but seeks to explain human behaviours in daily lives (the whole canvas)
