Book Review: Primary Process Thinking
Primary Process Thinking
publishedDate : 2009
authors : Robert R. Holt
publishers : Jason Aronson
pageCount : 153
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The Primary Process in Freudian Theory – Verywell Mind
In Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality, the primary process works to resolve the tension created by the pleasure principle. The pleasure principle is what drives the id and seeks instant gratification of all needs, wants, and desires. 2 When the pleasure principle creates tension, the id must find a way to discharge this energy.
Primary Process Thinking – an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Primary process thinking is, according to Robert Holt, drive-laden oral, aggressive, and libidinal content and illogical thinking related to that content. It is a developmentally early, primitive system of thought not subject to logic and heavily affect-laden. Sigmund Freud thought that if individuals repressed ‘dangerous’ thoughts and …
