Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dyskinesia, Alprazolam, Conscientiousness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Psychology 1000 semester 2, term 2 textbook notes. Conversion hysteria in which physical symptoms like paralysis and blindness suddenly appear with no obivious cause. Was convinced they were due to painful memories and repressed feelings (sexual or aggressive: became convinced that unconscious influenced behaviour, accessed by. Instinctual drives generate psychic energy which powers the mind and constantly presses for either direct or indirect release (sexual drives: mental events many be conscious, preconscious or unconscious. Conscious mind consists of mental events that we are aware of. Preconscious contains memory, thoughts feelings and images that may not be presently current but can be recalled. Id: exists completely within the unconscious mind. Innermost core of personality: only structure present at birth, source of all psychic energy, no contact directly with reality. Superego: the moral arm of personality, develops at age 4 or 5, repository for values and ideals of society.