Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Freudian Slip, Nocturnal Enuresis, Unconscious Mind

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Model of mind, defense mechanism, tapping the unconscious. Id urges: ego manager, superego morality, difficult position of ego. Interaction of id, ego and superego results in constant struggle. Anxiety is very unpleasant: avoid or reduce it, rational move by ego. If threat is in real world, flee and avoid. What about threat from within: really want forbidden object or behavior, cant stop thinking about it. For id, thinking and doing are the same. Repression: ego must control the thought, devote some mental energy to keep thought out of awareness, ego uses repression as defense mechanism. Other defense mechanisms: repression often incomplete, takes energy, urges re-surface with anxiety. Displacement: when id cannot achieve primary goal, a secondary goal is fashioned as outlet. Sublimation: urge redirected in line with superego. Reaction formation: with displacement, urge rec-channelled to safest route, may have to block up urge completely, here, repressed wish is warded off by engaging in diametrical opposite.