1-freudstud Flashcards
What are the two instincts Freud thought of?
Life instinct (ID)
Sex instinct (…)
The Life Instinct
***textbook def?
***textbook def?
the life instinct
What are the four components of the Life Instinct?
1) Source
2) Energy
3) Aim
4) Object
life: source
biological sources (e.g. metabolism)
biological sources (e.g. metabolism)
life: source
life: Energy
a state of biological deprivation
experienced as tension, demands reduction
a state of biological deprivation
experienced as tension, demands reduction
life: Energy
life: Aim
satisfaction obtained by reducing instinctual tension
satisfaction obtained by reducing instinctual tension
life: Aim
life: Object
things that satisfy the instinct (reduce tension)
cathexis: investment of energy in important satisfiers
things that satisfy the instinct (reduce tension)
life: Object
cathexis
investment of energy in important satisfiers
investment of energy in important satisfiers
cathexis
What are the four components of sexual instinct?
1) Source
2) Energy
3) Aim
4) Object
sex: source
processes that occur in the genitalia
processes that occur in the genitalia
sex: source
sex: energy
tension in genitalia (libido)
tension in genitalia (libido)
sex: energy