Pleasure principle (psychology)

This article is about the psychoanalytical term. For other uses, see Pleasure principle.

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the pleasure principle (German: Lustprinzip)[1] is the instinctive seeking of pleasure and avoiding of pain to satisfy biological and psychological needs.[2] Specifically, the pleasure principle is the animating force behind the id.[3]

  1. ^ Laplanche, Jean; Pontalis, Jean-Bertrand (2018) [1973]. "Pleasure Principle". The Language of Psychoanalysis. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-92124-7.
  2. ^ Snyder, C. R.; Lopez, Shane J. (2007). Positive Psychology. Sage Publications, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7619-2633-7.
  3. ^ Carlson, Neil R.; Heth, C. Donald (2007). Psychology - the science of behaviour. Pearson Education Canada. pp. 700. ISBN 978-0-205-64524-4.