PSYC 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Vocab (Song)
1 Feb 2012
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Psyc 102 study guide for midterm 1 (ch. 13) Personality distinctive and relatively enduring ways of thinking, feeling and acting that characterize a person s response to life situations. Conversion hysteria a disorder where physical symptoms suddenly appear and with no apparent physical cause. Free association saying whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing. Psychic energy powers the mind and constantly presses for either direct or indirect release. Conscious mind mental events in current awareness. Preconscious mind memories, feelings, thoughts, and images that we are unaware at the moment but can be recalled. Unconscious mind dynamic realm of wishes, feelings, and impulses that lie beyond our awareness. Id innermost core, only structure present at birth, source of all psychic energy, exists in the unconscious mind. Pleasure principle seeks immediate gratification or release, regardless of rational considerations and environmental realities.
