PS101 Final: Chapters 14, 15, 16
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Traits: habitual ways of thinking, behaving, feeling ex. States: feelings you have which changes in different situations. Called psychodynamic; dynamic meaning powerful, energetic forces are pitted against each other. Unconscious processes going on within the mind adult personality is formed greatly by childhood experiences, motives and desires lie underneath the surface. 2 competing instincts the life/sexual instinct, the death/aggressive instinct. [someone who is too controlled by id: lives by impulse, selfish: ego: Both unconscious and conscious part of mind. Reason/good sense satisfies the id"s urges: superego: Morality, parental authority (parents expectation), social norms, voice on conscience. Feelings of guilt shame when your break the rules. [someone who is too controlled by the superego: bossy, moralistic, inflexible: ex. Healthy personality, all 3 of the systems. Psychosexual stages (sex instinct): sexual energy takes different forms each stage produces a certain amount of frustration, conflict, anxiety : oral: Problems with oral stage include: over eating, nail biting, chewing on pencils, smoking: anal:
