PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes -Object Relations Theory, Thought Suppression, Behaviorism

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

Document Summary

People seem to behave somewhat consistently over time & across different situations. Notion of personality traits consistency becomes greater as we enter adulthood. Personality: distinctive & relatively enduring ways of thinking, feeling, & acting that characterize a person"s responses to life situations. Treating conversion hysteria convinced him that their symptoms were related to painful memories & feelings that seemed to have been repressed/out of awareness. Unconscious part of the mind exerts great influence on behaviour. Conducted an extensive self-analysis based on his own dreams. Based theory on careful clinical observation & constantly sought to expand it. Psychoanalysis: theory of personality, approach to studying the mind & method for treating psychological disorders. Inspired by hydraulic models of 19th-century physics: exchanges and releases of physical energy, freud considered personality to be an energy system. Instinctual drives generate psychic energy, which powers the mind & constantly presses for either direct/indirect release. Conscious mind mental events that we are presently aware of.