Psychology Part 1 Notes

Psychology Part One: Study Notes
SIGMUND FREUD
Born on May 6 1865 in Freiberg
The Big Five Personality Theory

NeuroticismUnstable vs. Stable
-emotional instability, anxiety, moodiness, irritability, sadness
ExtroversionExtrovert vs. Introvert
-excitability, sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness, high amounts of emotional expressiveness
Openness Open to Experience vs. Not Open to Experience
-imagination and insight
-having a broad range of interests
AgreeablenessAgreeable vs. Antagonistic
-trust, altruism, kindness, affection, other prosocial behavior
ConscientiousnessConscientious vs. Undirected
-high levels of thoughtfulness
-good impulse control and goal-directed behaviors
-organized and mindful of details
The Human Personality (Ego, Superego, Id)
EGO
ensures that the impulses of the id can be expressed in a manner acceptable in the real world. functions in both the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious mind.
Judges the circumstance and chooses id vs. superego
ID
only component of personality that is present from birth. entirely unconscious and includes of the instinctive and primitive behaviors.
EROS
“light/creative force” – erotic energy—dominated by sexual drives supposedly because the meaning of life is to reproduce driven by the Libido Principle that tells the psyche to avoid pain and seek pleasure
THANATOS
“dark/destructive force” – thanotic energy – dominated by violence and aggression
Internalized
*positive: using eros to overcome the negative
*negative: doing drugs, drinking, self harm/suicide, etc.
Externalized
*positive: going to the gym, jogging, exercise
*negative: beating someone up, killing people/homicide
SUPEREGO
game face internalized social/societal norms, values, customs
REPRESSION
repress the id’s drives
SUBLIMATION
accidentally, the id’s drives are exposed
Freud and Thanatos
Suicide displaced hostility directed internally against the self
Norma mourning: occurs gradually by