Behavioral Science - Psychodynamics I & II - Mantosh Dewan Flashcards
Freud described the psychosexual stages of development, beginning with the oral phase. When is the oral phase?
Birth to 1 1/2 years
–suckling and dependence
What is the anal phase of psychosexual development?
1 1/2 - 3 years
first control battle - potty training, “no”, crawling and exploring
When is the phallic phase of psychosexual development?
3-5/6 years
curiosity about sex differences
child is close to the parent of the opposite sex
What is the latency phase of psychosexual development?
Age 6 to adolescence
Girls do things with girls, and boys with boys
What is the genital phase of psychosexual development?
Adolescence to adulthood
capacity for true intimacy begins
What is the Id?
the child in you
for fun and immediate gratification
exists from birth
What is the superego?
from age 5 on
acknowledgement of rules, morals and values
develops from parents, teachers, leaders etc.
“thou shalt not”
dissolves in alcohol
What is the ego?
The ever-evolving “I”
the confluence of the id, the superego and reality
the basis for personality
Level I Psychotic Mechanisms are appropriate when?
before age 5, and in adult dreams
defense mechanisms for the ego under stress
- Delusional projection
- Psychotic denial
- Distortion
What is the term for the denial of external reality?
Psychotic denial
What is the term for grossly reshaping reality to suit inner needs, including unrealistic, megalomaniac beliefs, hallucinations, delusions of entitlement, denial of personal responsibility for one’s own behavior.
Distortion
Level I “Psychotic” Mechanisms
What are the Level II Immature Mechanisms, commonly seen in healthy individuals ages 3-15, as well as in personality disorders?
Projection
Somatization
Acting Out
Splitting
What is the defense mechanism?
Attributing one’s own unacknowledged feelings to others.
Projection
for example severe prejudice, rejections of intimacy through unwarranted suspicion, hypervigilance to external danger etc.
Level II Immature Mechanisms
What is the defense mechanism?
Turning an unacceptable impulse or feeling into pain
Somatization
Psychosomatic disorder
Level II Immature Mechanisms
What is the defense mechanism?
Direct expression of an unconscious wish or impulse in order to avoid being conscious of the affect that accompanies it;
Delinquent or impulsive act to avoid being aware of one;s own sadness or anger
Acting Out
Level II Immature Mechanisms
Present in antisocial personality disorder