PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 40-41: Social Environment, Homeostasis, Projective Test

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

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Personality: a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)isti(cid:272) patte(cid:396)(cid:374)s of thoughts, feeli(cid:374)gs, a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396)s. Something that allows you to predict their future actions. Stable disposition- to act a certain way regardless of the situation. Psychodynamic theories: view personality with a focus on the unconscious and the importance of childhood experiences. Free association: in psychoanalysis a method of exploring the unconscious in which the persons relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing. Psychoanalysis: f(cid:396)eud"s theo(cid:396)(cid:455) of pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455) that att(cid:396)i(cid:271)utes thoughts a(cid:374)d a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s to u(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions. Unconscious: according to freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware. Id: a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The id operates on the pleasure principles, demanding immediate gratification.