PSY BEH 170S Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Plans, Mind, Viktor Frankl
24 Jan 2014
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: two incompatible or contradictory forces that need to be balanced (tragic. Therefore, emphasis is on selfishness and the common good: intrapsychic version: both forces are in the individual. To maximize instinctual gratification while minimizing punishment and guilt: reduce tension. Core characteristics: id: life, sex, and death instincts. Only part that is present at birth. Can only engage in primary process thought, meaning the id does not interact with the outside world, attempts to satisfy instincts with images of desires. Pleasure principle (what is pleasurable is good) Instincts = appetites: source of all 3 instincts is biological functioning of cells. Life instincts: source anabolism (part of metabolism for growth, food, water, air, sexual instincts, source-libido, slower to mature/development is important for personality, most likely source of conflict (esp in freud"s time, death instincts, not fully developed, source catabolism. Unmitigated expression brings punishment: superego: taboos and guilt.
