PSY100H1 Lecture : PSY100 - Personality

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Michael Inzlicht

Document Summary

Launched study of personality by developing complex theory of personality based on in-depth analysis of patients. Few today consider themselves freudians, left enduring legacy. Three structures: id: seat of passions, caliban, basic drives, pleasure, life force, accelerator, superego: conscience, morality and social norms, brakes, ego: mediator, decision maker, balance. examining the conflicts thought to produce great insights into motivation and behaviour. eg ego many strategies to help explain behaviour or events; coping strategies and defence mechanisms. eg festinger and carlsmith dissonance ( vs ) [dull task, -> change perception; explain behaviour to self, justify by changing perception boring- we like what ewe suffer for (hazing rituals, foor-in-the-door and cults, war-time friendships, embarrassment) www. notesolution. com. power of rationalization and biased thinking can be remarkably resistant o reality: eg end of world cult. self-delusion give powerful strategies to keeping immunity against negative effects of reality.