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1. Freud Flashcards

1
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What does catharsis mean?

A

Realease-relief of repressed feelings

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(Structural model)
What’s the id?

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human nature
unconscious desires
sexual/aggression
animalistic
pleasure principle - immediate gratification

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What’s the ego?

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reality principle
weighs options to make the ids desires acceptable for real world
delays gratification

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4
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What’s the super-ego?

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morality principle
mediates between right and wrong
making judgements

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What are the 3 things in the topographical model?

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un, pre and conscious

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Energy cannot be…or…
What does this mean?

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created or destroyed
energy can only be repressed/expressed etc

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7
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What does energy stem from?

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Instincts

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What are the 2 inherited instincts and what energy is each one?

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  1. life instinct - eros energy (+ sexual instincts)
  2. death instinct - thanatos
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9
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How does trauma, unconscious triggers work here as the problem?

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unconscious triggers give reminders of trauma - causes anxiety and leads to responding in a certain way

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What are the 5 defence mechanisms?

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repression, denial, displacement, splitting, rationalisation

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What’s repression?
(defence mechanism)

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repressing unwanted thoughts but can seep into consciousness

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12
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What’s Freudian denial?

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genuinely unaware

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What’s rationalisation?

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admitting event but rationalising it to others

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What’s displacement?

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putting feelings onto someone else - blame - less threat

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What’s altruism?

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treat others how you’d like to be treated

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What’s generative altruism?

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taking pleasure in helping others

17
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What does terror management theory say about mortality awareness and altruism?

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Mortality awareness eg being aware of death causes anxiety - people try to be a good person to society to feel better about death

18
Q

What are the 5 psycho-sexual stages in order?

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oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

19
Q

When is the oral stage and what is it?
And what’s the lesson?

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0-1 yrs
mouth
id pleasure principle
breastfeeding-weaning
mother = love object
frustration when mother isn’t there
lesson = trust

20
Q

When’s the anal stage and what is it?
Lesson?

A

1-3yrs
anus
toilet training-parents’ reactions
pleasure/pain
lesson = control

21
Q

What’s the phallic stage?

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3-5yrs
genital presence/absence awareness
penis envy/oedipal complex
father-threat

22
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What’s latency?

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6-12
sexual desires controlled through social interactions

23
Q

What’s the final stage, genital?

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puberty
awareness of pleasure
sexualised
lesson = identity/sexual identity

24
Q

What’s the oedipal complex?
And castration anxiety?

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resentment of parents’ relationship
father becomes the threat/rival

25
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How can castration anxiety be resolved among boys?

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identifying with fathers

26
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What are personality and behaviour the result of interplay between in instincts?

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inhibition and expression

27
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How could parent rewards changing create an immature stage/bad development?

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too harsh or too comfortable

28
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What can the ego satisfy?
(ego-strength)

A

the id and super-ego’s needs

29
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What happens if the id is too strong?
What happens if the super-ego is too strong?

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self-gratification
judgemental personality

30
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What is an oral incorporative personality like?
And what is this a result of? (o-i)

A

optimistic
gullible
over-indulged

31
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What is an oral aggressive like?

A

bitter
pessimistic

32
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What are anal retentive people like?

A

uptight, rigid
over-controlled

33
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What’s an anal expulsive like?

A

careless, disorganised
under-controlled

34
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What does ego culture say about people’s instinct expressions and their affect on others?

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people’s instinct expressions can trigger others’ anxieties - so they attempt to control others, causing trauma

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