PSYC 2000 Chapter : Chapter 13 HW
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How could we know: sigmund freud and the origins of the psychodynamic perspective how was sex. 13/ theories of personality: theories of personality define personality, character, temperament. Personality: the unique way in which each individual thinks, acts, and feels throughout life. Character: value judgments made about a person"s morals or ethical behavior. Unconscious mind: a part of the mind that remains hidden at all times, What goes on in the unconscious mind surfaces only in symbolic form in dreams and in some of the behavior people engage in without knowing why they have done so. Conscious: a part of the mind where one"s current awareness exists. Preconscious mind: a part of the mind containing memories, information, and events of which one can easily become aware. Id: the completely unconscious, pleasure-seeking, amoral part of the personality that exists at birth, containing all of the basic biological drives: hunger, thirst, self-preservation, and sex.
