Key Terms Flashcards
1
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Individualistic theories
A
Individual, such as their personality, their mind and their personal experiences
2
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Id
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Controls basic needs and desires (animalistic and selfish urges - primitive component)
Linked to the pleasure principle
3
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Ego
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Seeks rational and sensible control
Makes decisions based on reason
Balances id and superego
Linked to reality principle
4
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Superego
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Our moral conscience
Controla impulses of the id, and persuades the ego to act morally
The superego could make a person feel guilt if the ego gives into the id
5
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Pleasure principle
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Wanting instant gratification, regardless of consequences
6
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Reality principle
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Wanting to behave in the most appropriate way in society
