PSY 393 Lecture Notes - Oral Stage, Human Nature, Phallic Stage
10 Sep 2014
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Personality based on three parts of the mind and their conflicts. Outcome of these conflicts are our personality: dynamic process, conflict. Devil vs. angel: compromise determines behavior. In order to be a balanced and mature individual is because of compromise. Psychoanalytic approach i part 1: psychic determinism. There is always a reason for all behavior: assumptions, awareness. Human nature largely hidden: early experiences. Experiences as children shape who we become as adults. How psychic energies are invested and directed in our early years: defense. Keep the unconscious disturbing thoughts locked away. Keep things that are anxiety-evoking away: balance. History of theorist: sigmund freud: childhood, family structure. Very close to his mother: she called him my golden sigi . Strained relationship with father: cold and distant, hints to his theory. Oedipus complex: medical school, neurology, early practice, vienna general hospital, cocaine. Wanted to make a scientific discovery that it should be an anesthetic. User: wasn"t a drub addict, short time.
