The drive that makes us do things made up of the eros and the thanatos
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What is the eros?
The life instinct to preserve and enjoy life
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What is the thanatos?
The death instinct which makes us show aggression to other people
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What is catharsis?
Satisfying our urges without using violence
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What is the ID?
The instinctive part of our personality which operates on the pleasure principle and demands immediate satisfaction
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What is the super-ego?
This is the moral of our personality which operates on the morality principle and develops moral and ethical restraints we use
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What is the ego?
The logical part of our personality which operates on the reality principle and helps us make rational decisions
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What does the go help do?
It helps balance out the demands of the super-ego and the ID
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How does Bushman's study conflict this theory?
Because those who took part in a cathartic task were more aggressive at the end than those who weren't able to release there anger
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Why can't this theory be the only explanation?
Because it is reductionist and ignores your brain structure and hormones
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Why is the theory not scientific?
Because it relies on analysis from case studies which makes the theory less credible too
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Why is it useful?
Because it helps explain why one person may be more aggressive than another due to the strength of their ego and super-ego which makes it more reliable and valid
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How is this approach better than some other approaches?
Because it looks at both nature and nurture so its less reductionist than other theories are
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How does Verona and Sullivan support the theory?
They found that between people who gave an aggressive or non-aggressive shock, those who gave that aggressive one had a lower heart rate showing that catharsis really does happen
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