PSYC 1002 Study Guide - Sigmund Freud, Unconscious Mind, Carl Jung
19 Feb 2014
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A person"s unique and stable pattern of characteristics and behaviours. Hints that it might be genetic (so the age old questions is brought up once again: nurture vs. nature?) Temperament is the building block of personality: an individual"s unique constellation of consistent behavioral traits. A durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of. Correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify closely. Sex and aggression are desires which are part of human nature that greatly influences out personality. How well we can mask these desires = personality. All the diverse theories descended from the work of sigmund. Depending on what happened in your early environment/childhood, will affect the development of the id and superego. The primitive, instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle. The principle on which the id operates, demanding immediate: ego: makes rational decisions. The decision-making component of personality that operates according to the reality principle.
