01:830:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Preconscious, Sex Therapy, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Professor Stephen Killianski

Document Summary

Personality- refers to an individual"s unique set of consistent behavioral traits. Personality trait- durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations. Curiosity, flexibility, vivid fantasy, imaginativeness, artistic sensitivity, and unconventional attitudes. Psychodynamic theories- include all the diverse theories, descended from the work of sigmund freud, that focus on unconscious mental forces. Id- primitive, instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle. Houses the raw biological urges that energize human behavior. Operate according to the pleasure principle- demands immediate gratification of its urges. Ego- decision-making component of personality that operates according to the reality principle. Mediates between the id and the external world. Reality principle- seeks to delay gratification o the id"s urges until appropriate outlets and situations can be found. Superego-moral component of personality that incorporates social standards about what represents right and wrong. Conscious- consists of whatever one is aware of at a particular point in time.