PSYC 370 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Sigmund Freud, Cathexis, Ego Ideal
11 Sep 2013
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Book notes: chapter 3 psychoanalytic theory: sigmund freud. Some disturbance in the course of the child"s development could have serious neurotic consequences. Symptoms represent a terribly self-denying and unsuccessful compromise. Recognition of the role of childhood trauma in causing adult psychological distress. Biological urges become wishes of the most extreme sort. It is a human inevitability to be at war with one"s self. Three parts of personality agencies that determine thought, feeling, and action. Das es german for the it . No tolerance for frustration, seeks to discharge tension immediately. Two mechanisms used that constitute the pleasure principle: reflex action pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain; i. e. sucking, sneezing, coughing, primary process discharges tension through the hallucinations of objects that will satisfy an instinct impetus. Repetition compulsion instinctual cycle; we are condemned by our nature to repeat throughout life the arousal of tension and its diminution: also refers to the perseverative repetition of inadequate and unsuccessful attempts to gratify instincts.
