Seduction Theory
early childhood sexual trauma are the cause of mental illness/psych symptoms in adulthood
memories are repressed fantasies of childhood masturbation
neurosis
nervous symptoms w/ no organic basis; manifestation of unconscious and unresolved psychosexual issues
What are humans motivated by?
instincts, also called drives
Id
innate psychic energy; unconscious; basic needs
ego
mediates the id and superego–how do we go about meeting our basic needs whilst not becoming animalistic (meeting our needs in socially acceptable ways)
deterministic
personalities formed early in life and are difficult to change
psychic reality
our understanding of the world