PSYC 2740 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Unconditional Positive Regard, Penis Envy, Thematic Apperception Test
13 Apr 2013
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Psychic energy source of energy that fuels motivation. Instincts provide energy: libido (life) and thanatos (death) The id primitive and dominant in infancy, drives all urges. Ego constrains id within reality, develops around 2-3 years of age. Super-ego internalizes values, morals (around age 5), the conscience. *here function of ego is to minimize anxiety and cope with threats via defense mechanisms. Repression preventing unacceptable thoughts, feelings, urges from reaching conscious awareness. Denial insisting that things are not as they seem by refusing to see facts. Displacement a threatening/unacceptable impulse is directed from source to non- threatening target. Rationalization generating acceptable reasons for outcomes that otherwise appear socially unacceptable. Reaction formation to reduce an urge, one may show an opposite reaction. Projection project own unacceptable desires, urges and/or qualities onto other (related to false consensus effect) Sublimation channeling unacceptable instincts into a socially desirable activity. *fixation occurs when a conflict is unresolved at a stage.
