PSYC 3490 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8 & 9: Hypochondriasis, Affordable Housing, Midlife Crisis

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3490
• Professor: Jean Varghese

Document Summary

Instead, depression moods and highly anxious states fall into several categories of the diagnostic nomenclature system. Depressive realism the more honest perceptions of self and world in people who typically feel unhappy: the non-depressed tend to over-emphasize their own role in the events in their lives (more in control) Ego psychology: according to freud"s three structures, which he named id, ego, and superego. Id refers to the individual"s biological instincts, which include the needs for food, sex, and water. In identity assimilation, individuals attempt to maintain a consistent view of themselves over time. Identity accommodation is the meandering way because this identity process involved excessively changing in response to experiences when it would be preferable to maintain some consistency. Individualistic stage an appreciation and respect for individuality emerges: recognize and appreciate the complexities of their own behaviour and that of others, better able to live with uncertainty.