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Ch. 2 Psychoanalysis Flashcards

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hysteria (origin)

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the “traveling womb” caused erratic behavior

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levels of mental life

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unconscious
preconscious
conscious

**think iceberg analogy

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unconscious

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beyond awareness

  • includes drives/urges
  • known indirectly
  • sources of unconscious processes: repression & phylogenetic endowment

**underwater part of the iceberg

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preconscious

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not in conscious awareness but can be brought to surface

**part near waterline

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conscious

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mental life that is directly available

  • plays a minor role
  • immediate

**tip of the iceberg

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provinces of the mind

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id
ego
superego

**not synonymous w/ unconscious/conscious/preconscious

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id

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“it”

pleasure principle

  • seeks to increase pleasure, decrease tension or uncomfortable situations
  • primary process
  • sex and aggression

rider to the horse (ego)
devil to the angel (superego)

**id controls = sex pervert

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ego

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reality principle

  • manage id impulses
  • not opposite of id, nor is it the enemy
  • secondary process

horse to the rider (id)
- physically stronger than id

**ego control = anxiety-ridden

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superego

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idealistic principle

  • morals
  • conscience
  • ego-ideal
  • reason for pride

angel to the devil (id)

**superego control = guilt/remorse OR unconfident

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ego-ideal

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(superego) our idealistic view of what is right

- rules for good behavior

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conscience

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(superego) our view of what is considered wrong

**guilt or remorse

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drives

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Eros
libido
Thanatos

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Eros

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life instinct

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libido

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sex drive

- life force that desires to procreate or be alive

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Thanatos

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death instinct or aggression/destructive drive

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types of anxiety

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neurotic anxiety
moral anxiety
realistic anxiety

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neurotic anxiety

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anxiety caused from repeated prevention by parents/circumstances from expressing id impulses
- neurosis

**ego vs. id

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neurosis

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disorder characterized by intense anxiety

- attributed to failure of a person’s ego defense mechanisms to cope with unconscious conflicts

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moral anxiety

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anxiety caused by punishment or threats for expressing id impulses
- inadequate defense mechanisms may lead to generalized anxiety disorder

**ego vs. superego

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realistic anxiety

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anxiety caused by an actual danger

**real-life danger

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types of defense mechanisms

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repression
reaction formation
displacement
fixation
regression
projection
introjection
sublimation
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defense mechanism

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techniques used by ego to defend itself against the pain of anxiety

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repression

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pushing/repressing undesirable id impulses to unconscious
- ego > id

**you can’t remember your father’s funeral

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reaction formation

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conscious behaves opposite of its original form

**two-faced to someone you don’t like

**a man who is attracted to the same sex acts homophobic

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displacement

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redirect undesirable impulses on to more acceptable targets
- take emotions out on some(one/thing) else

**when you get mad at your sister, you break your drinking glass by throwing it against the wall

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fixation

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permanent attachment of libido onto earlier, more comfortable stage of development

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regression

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revert back to earlier stage of development when stressed or anxious

**you and your roommate get into an argument so you stomp off into another room and pout

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projection

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putting/projecting on unwanted impulses onto an external object or person

**you get really mad at your husband but scream that he’s the one mad at you

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introjection

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incorporate positive equalities of others unto self

**a child, after being separated from his parents, begins to adopt the attitudes and morals of his father

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sublimation

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substitute repressed feelings for socially acceptable behaviors

**intense rage redirected in the form of participation in sports such as boxing or football

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stages of development

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infantile period
latency period
genital period
maturity

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infantile period

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(birth - 5 yrs)

oral phase
anal phase
phallic phase

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oral phase

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comfort needs
wants/desires

**root for oral fixations such as smoking, a biting personality or eating disorders

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anal phase

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how to relieve self and control

**roots for hoarding

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phallic phase

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exploring sex

  • Oedipus complex
  • Electra complex
  • castration complex
  • ego develops during this stage
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Oedipus complex

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situation in which child of either sex develops feelings of love and/or hostility for the parent

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castration complex

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(male) fear of being castrated
- realize women do not have penis, assume women were castrated
- assume father cut off mom’s penis, boy now looks up to father
- superego starts to develop after this stage

**accompanies Oedipus complex

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penis envy

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(female) desire to have penis
- precedes and instigates Oedipus complex

**accompanies Oedipus complex

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free association

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unfiltered rambling during therapy session

- hope to uncover unconscious

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transference

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unwanted feelings will show/reflect onto therapist who tries to free psychic energy

  • may be sexual or hostile
  • stem from patient’s earlier experiences w/ parents
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manifest content

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the dream storyline

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latent content

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the meaning behind the dream storyline

  • id displaces/disguises impulses here
  • wish fulfillments
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parapraxes

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“Freudian slips”

slips of the tongue or pen, misreading, incorrect hearing, temporary forgetting of names and intentions, and the misplacing of objects
- caused by unconscious wishes

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Freud concept of humanity

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deterministic and pessimistic
causality over teleology
unconscious over conscious
biology over culture
equal emphasis on uniqueness and similarity
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Sigmund Freud

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created psychoanalysis

  • “father of modern-day psychology”
  • eldest of 8 children
  • was dethroned for discovery of cocaine
  • cocaine user
  • created international exclusive circle of followers
  • fell out of sync w/ multiple colleagues throughout career/life
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seduction theory

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theory in which a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual abuse or molestation experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms

  • later abandoned for Oedipus complex
  • very controversial

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