PSYA02H3 Chapter 14: PSYA02 chapter 14 notes part 2
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psychodynamic: a term used to describe the freudian notion that the mind is in a state of conflict among instincts, reason, and conscience. started when she was unable to express a strongly felt emotion. while under hypnosis, she experienced these emotions which gave her relief from her symptoms. presumed that the release of emotions eliminated her symptoms. unconscious: inaccessible part of the mind: still exert control over conscious thoughts and actions. structures of the m ind: id, ego, and superego. The mind consists of unconscious, preconscious, and conscious elements. unconscious includes mental events of which we are not aware. conscious entails mental events of which we are aware. preconscious involves mental events that may become conscious through effort. Id: the unconscious reservoir of libido, the psychic energy that fuels instincts and psychic processes: operations are completely unconscious.
