Psychology 1000 Chapter 14: psych 1000 chapter 14

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Nick Skinner

Document Summary

Personality: refers to a distinctive pattern of behavior, mannerisms, thoughts, motives, and emotions that characterizes an individual over time and across different situations. Trait: a characteristic of an individual describing a habitual way of behaving, thinking or feeling. Psychoanalysis: a theory of personality and method of psychotherapy development by sigmund freud; it emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts. Psychodynamic theories: theories that explain behavior and personality in terms of unconscious energy dynamics within the individual. In his theory, personality consists of three major systems: id, ego, superego. Any action we take or problem we have results from the interaction and degree of balance among these systems. Id: this is present at birth and is the part of personality containing inherited psychic energy, particularly sexual and aggressive instincts. The id contains two instincts: the life, sexual instincts (fuelled by psychic energy called the libido) and the death or aggressive instincts.