PSYA02H3 Lecture : Chapter 14 Personality.docx
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Before freud behaviour was believed to be rational conscious process. Psychodynamic: the freudian notion that the mind is in a state of conflict among instincts reason and conscience. Book studies of hysteria with case of anna o. Who showed physical symptoms that hypnosis relieved by bringing out the strong emotions that caused them. Instinctual drives are triggered by events in a person"s life. These drives supply psychic energy and if something prevents the psychic energy from being discharged psychological disorders will follow. Personality is determined by conscious and unconscious powers. Structures of the mind: id, ego, and superego. Unconscious: mental events which we are not aware of. Conscious: mental events which we are aware of. Pre-conscious: mental events that may become conscious through effort. Id: the unconscious reservoir of libido, the psychic energy that is unresponsive to the demands of reality; the primary source of motivation.
