1.4 Psychological perspective Flashcards
is the study of the mind and behavior
PSYCHOLOGY
WHAT IS THE THEORY OF SIGMUND FREUD
PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
an individual’s personality during
adulthood is shaped by their childhood experiences.
If there were disturbances or
traumas during childhood, it could
lead to negative personality traits in
adulthood.
PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
His work in the field of
__________ was groundbreaking
because it answered questions about
the human psyche in a way that no
one else had before him
PSYCHOANALYSIS
is the totality of the human mind, both conscious and
unconscious
PSYCHE
WHAT ARE THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS:
- CONSCIOUS LEVEL
- PRECONSCIOUS LEVEL
- UNCONSCIOUS LEVEL
WHAT ARE THE STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY
EGO, SUPEREGO, ID
Deals with awareness of present perceptions,
feelings, thoughts,
memories, and fantasies at any particular moment.
All that are stored in the
preconsciousness and
repressed in the
unconsciousness passed through the conscious level.
Contains the Ego
CONSCIOUS LEVEL
Related to data that can
readily be brought to
consciousness.
Memories and stored
knowledge are retained.
Contains the Superego
PRECONSCIOUS LEVEL
Refers to data retained but not easily available to the individual’s conscious awareness as they are too anxiety provoking.
Contains fears and violent motives, irrational wishes,
selfish needs, and shameful experiences.
Can come out through Freudian slips, dreams and irrational behaviors.
Id resides
UNCONSCIOUS LEVEL
Operates on the pleasure principle and stores basic impulses (sex aagression)
Seeks immediate gratification
It lacks the sense of morality, irrational and impulsive.
It get what it wants, when it wants.
Operates in the unconscious level
ID
Operates according to the
reality principle.
Determines who wins between Id and Superego.
Very rational and operates on the conscious level
If the ego fails to use the reality principle, anxiety is experienced, and unconscious defense mechanisms are employed to help ward off unpleasant feelings.
EGO
It incorporates the values and morals of society.
The superego’s function is to control the id’s impulses.
It persuades the ego to choose moralistic goals and to strive for perfection rather than
simply realistic ones.
SUPEREGO
as relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity
COGNITIVE
the father of American
psychology
philosopher, psychologist, and university professor
gave one of the earliest
self-theory psychological
analyses
WILLIAM JAMES AND THE ME - SELF; I - SELF