PSYB30H3 Chapter 7: Chapter 7 Notes
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Principles of determinism, drive, conflict, and the unconscious. Determinism: forces over which we have little control determine all human behaviour and experience; we are not masters of our own fate. Drive: sexuality and aggression most prominent; powerful forces existing inside us tracing back to primitive drives or instincts. Conflict: forces that determine our drives/instincts are in conflict with each other; no avoiding conflict in life; destined to be miserable. Unconscious: we aren"t aware that this is all happening; we are conflicted and anxious and don"t know why. For freud, sexuality and aggression are the ultimate wellsprings of human motivation; the primal energy sources for psychological life. Much of what we know and feel is outside our conscious awareness and knowledge. Our lives are driven by intrapsychic mysteries that transpire at an unconscious level, buried deep beneath the manifest surface of everyday waking consciousness.
