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Record 1 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

Freud described the pleasure principle in terms of the need to discharge or reduce tensions-experienced as pain or discomfort-created internally or by external stimuli. The id, which operates on the pleasure principle, is the instrument for discharging these tensions.

OBS

Among other principles, Freudian psychology states that these is a basic human tendency to seek pleasure and avoid pain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
CONT

Le principe de plaisir règne plus particulièrement dans le système inconscient ou dans le ça. Il se manifeste par une tendance spontanée à décharger l'appareil psychique des quantités d'excitation [...] qui s'accumulent en lui, produisant un certain état de tension [...]

Spanish

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