Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Attachment In Adults, Inferiority Complex, Thematic Apperception Test

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Ronald R Holden

Document Summary

What is personality? the distinctive and relatively enduring ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that characterize a person"s responses to life situations. 3 characteristics: (1) components of identity (2) perceived internal cause (3) perceived organization and structure. The psychodynamic perspective look for the causes of behaviour in a dynamic interplay of inner forces that often conflict with one another. Freud"s psychoanalytic theory instinctual drives generate psychic energy, which powers the mind and constantly presses for either direct or indirect release. Freud - the structure of personality divided personality into 3 separate but interacting structures: id, ego, and superego. Id (unconscious) innermost core of the personality, only structure present at birth, the source of all psychic energy, no direct contact with reality and functions in a totally irrational manner. Pleasure principle: seeks immediate gratification/release, regardless considerations and environmental realities indirectly influences reality through the ego. Ego (primarily conscious) develops after birth, direct contact with reality.