PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Unconditional Positive Regard

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

Document Summary

Believed that an unconscious part of the mind exerts a great. Psychic energy: generated by instinctual drives is released. 3 structures of personality: id, ego, and superego. Only structure present at birth source of all psychic energy. Operates according to pleasure principle: want it take it . Operates according to the reality principle: tests reality to decide when and under what conditions the id can safely discharge its impulses and satisfy its needs. Tries to delay pleasure until conditions are safe and appropriate. Must compromise between the demands of the id, the restrictions of the superego and the demands of reality. Strives to control the instincts of the id. May cause a person to experience guilt over sexual activity even tries to block pleasure permanently within marriage because it has internalized the idea that sex is. When the ego challenges impulses that threaten to get out of control or is faced with dangers from the environment, it results in anxiety.