10:55 - freud's psychoanalytic perspective Flashcards

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free association

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a method of exploring the unconscious by having a person relax and say whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarassing

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psychoanalysis

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Freud’s theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conficts. used in treating psychological disorders by exposing and interpreting unconscious tensions

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unconscious

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according to Frued: a resevoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, memories and feelings. according to contemporary psychologists: information processing of which we are unaware

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ego

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mostly conscious; makes peace between the id and the superego. operates on the reality principle

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id

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unconscious energy: pleausre principle, strives to satisfy basic needs to survive, reproduce, and aggress. seeks immediate gratification.

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superego

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internalized ideals; our moral compass. how we ought to behave. strives for perfection, judging actions, and pride or guilt. virtuos, yet guilt-ridden.

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oral

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(0-18 months) pleasure centers on the mouth.

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anal

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(18-36 months) pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control

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phallic

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(3-6 years old) pleasure zone is the genitals; coping with incestuos feelings

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latency

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(6-puberty) a phase of dormant sexual feelings.

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genital

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(puberty onward) maturation of sexual interests

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psychosexual stages

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the childhood stages of development according to Freud, stating that the id’s pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones.

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Oedipus complex

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according to Freud, a boy’s sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for his father (his rival)

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identification

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according to Freud, the process of children incorporating their parent’s values into developing superegos.

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fixation

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acc to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage, in which conflicts are unresolved

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defense mechanisms

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in psychoanalytic theories, the ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality

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repression

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psychonalaytic theory - basic defense mechanism that banishes anxious thoughts, feelings and memories from the consciousness

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regression

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a defense mechanism; retreating to a more infantile psychosexual stage where some psychic energies remain fixed. (eg. a little boy reverts to the oral comfort of thumb sucking in the car on the way to his first day of school)

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3projection

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a defense mechanism; projecting your own inner emotions onto others in order to avoid facing them yourself.

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reaction formation

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defense mechanism; switching unacceptable impulses into their opposites. (eg. when regressing angry feelings, a person acts extra friendly)

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rationalization

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defense mechanism; creating self-justifying explanations in place of real, more threatening unconscious reasons for one’s actions. (a habitual drinker says she drinks with her friends “just be sociable”)

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displacement

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defense mechanism; shifting sexual or agressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person. (eg. a little girl kicks the family dog after her mother sends her to her room)

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sublimination

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defense mechanism; transferring of unacceptable impulses into socially values motives. (eg. a man with aggressive urgers becomes a surgeon)

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denial

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defense mechanism; refusing to believe or perceive painful realities. (eg. a partner denies evidence of his loved one’s affair)