Psychoanalysis:

Emotional disturbances were traceable to earlier forgotten/repressed experiences . It suggested that humans were not essentially rational – we are all driven by our subconscious.

Psychoanalysis:

Emotional disturbances were traceable to earlier forgotten/repressed experiences . It suggested that humans were not essentially rational – we are all driven by our subconscious.

Free Association:

Trying to bring these suppressed experiences into the conscious recall so that the symptoms will disappear.

Eros

Thanatos

Id Primary

Maximizing pleasure

Infantile part of being (I want it now!)

“Pleasure Principle” (i.e. libido)

-It is beyond your conscious awareness to control

Superego Similar to a person’s conscience

How we incorporate cultural norms & standards into our being

“Morality Principle”

Ego How a person deals with consciousness, tries to

satisfy id, and strives to allow personality to adapt to the outside world.

“Reality Principle”

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