lesson 3 part 1 Flashcards
it is developed in the late 19th and early 20th Century
sigmund freud’s psychosexual theory
The theory supports the notion that ‘all human behavior is caused and can be explained’
psychosexual theory
a personality is composed of the:
ID
EGO
SUPEREGO
adaptive behavior and balancing between the ID and SUPEREGO
EGO
basic desires such as pleasure seeking, aggression and sexual impulses
ID
the person’s moral and ethical concepts, values and expectation
SUPEREGO
generated between the balancing by the EGO of the ID’s impulsive instincts and the SUPEREGO’s morals and rules
anxiety
human personality functions in three levels:
CONSCIOUS
PRECONSCIOUS
UNCONSCIOUS
perceptions and thoughts that a person is aware
CONSCIOUS
perceptions and thoughts a person is NOT IMMEDIATELY AWARE but can recall with effort
PRECONSCIOUS
thoughts, feelings and perceptions that that MOTIVATE A PERSON even though a person is UNAWARE of them
UNCONSCIOUS
are not accidents or coincidence but indications of feelings in the subconscious
FREUDAN SLIP
Freudian slips can be found in what levels:
preconscious
unconscious
Main context of the psychosexual theory:
sexual energy (libido)
is the driving force behind human behavior
sexual energy (libido)