ch 10, 11, 12 + part of 16

psychic determinism

The assumption that everything psychological has a cause that is, in principle, identifiable

id

In psychoanalytic theory, the repository of the drives, the emotions, and the primitive, unconscious part of the mind that wants everything now

ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the relatively rational part of the mind that balances the competing claims of the id, the superego, and reality

superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind that consists of the conscience and the individual’s system of internalized rules of conduct, or morality.

compromise formation

In modern psychoanalytic thought, the main job of the ego, which is to find a compromise among the different structures of the mind and the many different things the individual wants all at the same time. What the individual actually thinks and does is the result of this compromise.

lbido

In psychoanalytic theory, the drive toward the creation, nurturing, and enhancement of life (including but not limited to sex), or the energy stemming from this drive; also called psychic energy

thanatos

In psychoanalytic theory, another term for the drive toward death, destruction, and decay.

doctrine of opposites

In psychoanalytic theory, the idea that everything implies or contains its opposite.