aggression - psychodynamic Flashcards
1
Q
what are the 3 aspects of freud’s psychodynamic theory?
A
- drives and motivation
- structure of mind
- parts of personality
2
Q
what is eros?
A
- the life instinct
- preservation / enjoyment of life
3
Q
what is thanatos?
A
- the death instinct
- directed out at other people as anger / aggression
4
Q
what do eros me thanatos make up?
A
- the libido which is what makes us do anything
5
Q
what is the conscious?
A
- part of the mind we are aware of
- thoughts / experience
6
Q
what is the preconscious?
A
- part of the mind you can call upon
- memories
7
Q
what is the unconscious?
A
- largest part of the mind and contains unacceptable urges and desires like sex / violence
- an active entity constantly influencing behaviour
8
Q
what is the ID?
A
- instinctive aspect of personality
- operates on pleasure principle
- demands immediate satisfaction and doesn’t car for reality
AGGRESSION — give into aggressive impulses / ‘frustration of desires’ when it doesn’t get what it wants
9
Q
what is the super-ego?
A
- moral aspect of personality
- operates on morality principle formed by parents
AGGRESSION — attempts to control aggressive impulses
10
Q
what is the ego?
A
- logical aspect of personality
- operates on reality principle
- makes conscious/ rational decisions that reflect demands of instinct / mortality / environment
-balances demands of ID and super-ego
AGGRESSION— uses defence mechanisms like displacement to deal with conflict
11
Q
what is catharsis?
A
- how we satisfy urges without aggression
12
Q
what is displacement?
A
- using an alternate object to vent aggression
