PSYC 2490- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 153 pages long!)

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2490
• Professor: Janine M.Montgomery

Document Summary

Study guide protected by law: recipient cannot be legally compelled to disclose it as a witness. Defining psychological disorder: definition of mental disorder is found in the 5th edition of the american diagnostic manual, the diagnostic and. Not described as being possessed o trials conducted under the crown"s right to protect the people with psychological disorders. Trials were to determine a person"s mental health/sanity (13th century, england) Libido = biological source of the id"s energy (unconscious) Id seeks immediate gratification = pleasure principle (tension is produced if not satisfied) o ego = begins to develop from the id during the second 6 months of life, conscious, deals with reality. Operates on the reality principle = mediates between the demands of reality and the id"s demands for immediate gratification o superego = a person"s conscience, develops throughout childhood, arising from the ego.