1. Freud Flashcards
What does catharsis mean?
Realease-relief of repressed feelings
(Structural model)
What’s the id?
human nature
unconscious desires
sexual/aggression
animalistic
pleasure principle - immediate gratification
What’s the ego?
reality principle
weighs options to make the ids desires acceptable for real world
delays gratification
What’s the super-ego?
morality principle
mediates between right and wrong
making judgements
What are the 3 things in the topographical model?
un, pre and conscious
Energy cannot be…or…
What does this mean?
created or destroyed
energy can only be repressed/expressed etc
What does energy stem from?
Instincts
What are the 2 inherited instincts and what energy is each one?
- life instinct - eros energy (+ sexual instincts)
- death instinct - thanatos
How does trauma, unconscious triggers work here as the problem?
unconscious triggers give reminders of trauma - causes anxiety and leads to responding in a certain way
What are the 5 defence mechanisms?
repression, denial, displacement, splitting, rationalisation
What’s repression?
(defence mechanism)
repressing unwanted thoughts but can seep into consciousness
What’s Freudian denial?
genuinely unaware
What’s rationalisation?
admitting event but rationalising it to others
What’s displacement?
putting feelings onto someone else - blame - less threat
What’s altruism?
treat others how you’d like to be treated
What’s generative altruism?
taking pleasure in helping others
What does terror management theory say about mortality awareness and altruism?
Mortality awareness eg being aware of death causes anxiety - people try to be a good person to society to feel better about death
What are the 5 psycho-sexual stages in order?
oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
When is the oral stage and what is it?
And what’s the lesson?
0-1 yrs
mouth
id pleasure principle
breastfeeding-weaning
mother = love object
frustration when mother isn’t there
lesson = trust
When’s the anal stage and what is it?
Lesson?
1-3yrs
anus
toilet training-parents’ reactions
pleasure/pain
lesson = control
What’s the phallic stage?
3-5yrs
genital presence/absence awareness
penis envy/oedipal complex
father-threat
What’s latency?
6-12
sexual desires controlled through social interactions
What’s the final stage, genital?
puberty
awareness of pleasure
sexualised
lesson = identity/sexual identity
What’s the oedipal complex?
And castration anxiety?
resentment of parents’ relationship
father becomes the threat/rival
