4B Flashcards
Personality
our characteristic pattern of feeling, thinking, acting
Freud’s Psychodynamic Theory of Personality
the dynamic interaction between the conscious and unconscious mind
Freud’s Psychoanalysis
attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts
Freud’s Iceberg Conscious
current awareness
Freud’s Iceberg Subconscious / Preconscious
can be voluntarily thought of
Freud’s Iceberg Unconscious
blocked from conscious mind
Id Principle
basic animal drives
Ego Principle
reality and logic - the connection of Id and Superego
Superego Principle
morality
Freudian Slips
when the unconscious seeps through
Repression
forgetting distressing memories or information
Regression
retreating to an earlier mental age
Reaction Formation
switching unacceptable impulses into their opposites
Projection
attributing unwanted impulses onto another person
Rationization
offering justifying explanations in place of the real ones
Displacement
shifting unacceptable impulses to a less threatening object or person
Sublimation
transferring unacceptable impulses onto socially acceptable areas
Denial
refusing to accept or perceive painful realities
Projective Tests
analyzing the stories made about ambiguous images
Rorschach Inkblots
analyzing the images seen in random inkblots
Thematic Apperception
analyzing the stories made about ambiguous scenes
