PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Erogenous Zone, Unconscious Mind, Toilet Training
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Psych notes chapter 12: personality: personality the unique characteristics that account for enduring patterns of inner experience and outward behaviour. Dependency on pleasures of the mouth; also general dependence on mother. Repression of sexual impulses, identification with same-sex parent. Establishing mature sexual relations and emotional intimacy stubbornness, stingy, controlling. Anxiety and defense mechanisms: defense mechanisms- unconscious tactics employed by the ego to protect the individual from anxiety. Keeping unpleasant memories or thoughts buried in the unconscious. Creating a socially acceptable excuse to justify unacceptable behaviour. Not acknowledging unacceptable impulses and over-emphasizing their opposite. Diverting one"s impulses unacceptable qualities or impulses to others to a more acceptable target. Enhancing self-esteem by imagining or forming alliances with others. Ignoring troubling emotional aspects by focusing on abstract ideas or thoughts. Justifying cheating on taxes because (cid:498)everyone does it(cid:499) Over praising a sibling"s worker doesn"t trust you accomplishment even though you resent his/her success. Not trusting a co-worker but believing the co-
