PSYCH-UA 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Iceberg, Atlantic Media, Collective Unconscious
8 Jan 2017
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We are who we seem to be. Our various traits and motivations are in plain view for all to see. Often relies on self-report data--a re ection of the assumption that we can perceive ourselves with relative accuracy. According to the psychodynamic approach, we need to revise the understanding both of personality and of self-knowledge--and shift to an understanding that parallels a more modern approach to drama, in which nothing is quite what it seems. In this approach, actors playing a character must pay attention to the subtext, the unspoken thoughts that go through the character"s head while she speaks her lines. Many actors are interested in a still deeper subtext, the thoughts and wishes of which the character is unaware. According to the psychodynamic approach, this subtext is the wellspring of all human personality. They do not deny that some people are more sociable than others, or that some are more impulsive or emotionally unstable.
