Wish fulfillment in psychology

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

 is the satisfaction of a desire through such involuntary thought processes such as dreams, daydreams, an neurotic symptoms. In Freudian psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...

, it is when desires of the unconscious

Unconscious

Unconscious might refer to:In physiology:* unconsciousness, the lack of consciousness or responsiveness to people and other environmental stimuliIn psychology:...

 are unacceptable to the ego and superego because of feeling of guilt or societal or cultural restrictions such as taboos, giving rise to dreams. For Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...

, dreams result from attempts by the unconscious to resolve a conflict of some sort, whether something recent or something from the recesses of the past. In the ethics of belief

Ethics of belief

The ethics of belief discusses questions at the intersection of epistemology, philosophy of mind, psychology, Freudian psychoanalysis, and ethics. It has been said that Bad faith wish fulfillment is central to these questions....

, wish fulfillment can come out as a bad faith

Bad faith

Bad faith is double mindedness or double heartedness in duplicity, fraud, or deception. It may involve intentional deceit of others, or self deception....

self delusion.