Freud; behaviour motivated by internal forces, abnormality caused by their imbalance . Mental illness from unresolved conscious conflicts, usually occur in early childhood.
id; sexual, aggressive, pleasure seeking. ego; rational, behave socially acceptable way. allow id desires by socially appropriate means. superego; conscience, moral judgements, guilt. id what it wants as long as moral.
Weak ego cant cope with demands of id and superego, other may dominate the personality. Unchecked id impulses expressed in self-destructive and immoral behaviour; conduct disorders in childhood and psychopathic behaviour in adulthood. Too powerful superego:too harsh, inflexible in moral values, restrict id, deprived of socially acceptable pleasures. create neurosis, expressed in anxiety disorders, phobias and obsessions.
Cant access contents of own unconscious. Traumatic memories, inappropriate desires, unresolved conflicts are buried by ego defence mechanisms; repression, projection, denial, regression, displacement, sublimation.
Children pass 5 psychosexual stages of development, each stage marked by behaviour from which child achieved almost sexual satisfaction. Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital
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