Name: Geal Carmel V.

Lim
B. S.- Psychology- IV

I- Tensions- potentiality for action Energy Transformations – actions themselves

 Energy - can exist either as tension (potentiality for action) or as actions themselves
(energy
transformations).
 Energy transformations - transform tensions into either covert or overt behaviors and are
aimed at satisfying needs and reducing anxiety.
 Tension- is a potentiality for action that may or may not be experienced in awareness but
not all tensions are consciously felt. Such as:
- Anxiety
- premonitions
- Drowsiness
- hunger
- sexual excitement
2 types of tensions
1. Need- result in productive actions
2. Anxiety- leads to nonproductive or disintegrative behaviors.

1. NEEDS
- Are tensions brought on by biological imbalance between a person and the physiochemical
environment, both inside and outside the organism.
- Episodic Biological component and interpersonal relations.
A. General needs- over all well being of a person.
1. Interpersonal- it is relating to or involving relations between people examples are
tenderness and intimacy.
2. Physiological - these are any requirement for survival such as oxygen, food, and water.
B. Zonal needs- which arise from a particular area of the body such as the oral, genital,
manual(hands)
Thus, several areas of the body are instrumental in satisfying both general and zonal needs.
Example: the mouth satisfies general needs by taking in food and oxygen, but it also
satisfifies the zonal need for oral activity.
The various zones of the body begin to play a significant and lasting role in interpersonal
relations.

2.ANXIETY
- it is disjunctive, is more diffuse and vague, and calls forth no consistent actions for its relief.
-transferred through the process of empathy.
- operates in opposition to tensions of needs and prevents them from being satisfied.
- It is the chief disruptive force blocking the development of healthy interpersonal relations.
(1) prevent people from learning from their mistakes,
(2) keep people pursuing a childish wish for security, and
(3) generally ensure that people will not learn from their experiences.

II- Energy Transformation

- Becomes organized as typical behavior patterns that characterize a person throughout a
lifetime. Sullivan (1953b) called these behavior patterns dynamisms, a term that means about
the same as traits or habit patterns.
- Tensions transformed into either overt or covert actions.
- Behaviors that satisfy our needs and reduce anxiety.
- May be observable or hidden from other people (emotions, thoughts)