Ch. 2 - Sigmund Freud Flashcards
furthering life instinct e.g., eating, drinking, sleeping, sex
Eros
ending life instinct e.g., aggression
Thanatos
only part present at birth and entirely unconscious, the original source of libido
Id
immediate gratification
Pleasure Principle
inability to distinguish fantasy from reality
Primary Process Thinking
forms soon after birth from id’s libido and is (mostly) conscious, concerned with self-preservation
Ego
delayed gratification
Reality Principle
logical thoughts directed at and cued by the environment
Secondary Process Thinking
allows humans to live in a society, contains the conscience (should not) and the ego ideal (should)
Superego
all the superego cares about is doing what’s right
Perfection Principle
taking your own urges and saying someone else has them instead
Projection
changing the object of your urge to something less threatening
Displacement
rejecting all pleasurable urges to stave off one impulse
Asceticism
attempt to undo the horror of something by doing something else not logically connected
Undoing
go back to a time in your life when things were simpler
Regression
inhibition of an anxiety-provoking thought by exaggerating its opposite
Reaction Formation
taking on the characteristics of someone you admire
Introjection
taking on characteristics of someone you hate
Identification with the Aggressor
expressing an aggressive urge at someone with plausible deniability e.g., a backhanded compliment
Compromise Formation
come up with a logical/plausible but inaccurate excuse e.g., “sour grapes”
Rationalization
removing emotion from a situation and looking logically at it
Intellectualization
a special variety of displacement; changing the object of your urge into something society finds useful
Sublimation
during times of stress, your behavior is influenced by that particular stage
Fixation
0-1 years old, libidinal energy is focused in mouth
Oral Stage
incorporative/sucking behaviors
Early Oral Fixation
biting behaviors
Late Oral Fixation
1-3 years old, libidinal energy focused in anus
Anal Stage
pleasure is derived from control
Anal Retentive
pleasure is derived from making messes
Anal Expulsive
3-5 years old, libidinal energy is focused in genitalia
Phallic Stage
6-12 years old, libidinal energy isn’t focused in a particular place
Latent Stage
adolescence onward, libidinal energy is again in genitalia but object is reproductive
Genital Stage
a patient responds to the analyst as if they were an important person in the patient’s life
Transference
an analyst forming an emotional attachment to a patient
Countertransference
instructing the patient to say whatever comes to mind no matter how irrelevant, threatening, or nonsensical it may seem
Free Association
(1) a source, which is a bodily deficiency of some kind; (2) an aim, which is to remove the bodily deficiency, thereby establishing an internal balance; (3) an object, which is the experience or object that reduces/removes the bodily deficiency; and (4) an impetus, which is determined by the magnitude of the bodily deficiency
Instinct
responding automatically to a source of irritation e.g., sneezing
Reflex Action
the conjuring of an image that is capable of satisfying a biological need
Wish Fulfillment
ego finds environmental experiences capable of satisfying the needs of the id or superego
Reality Testing
the internalized experiences for which the child had been consistently punished
Conscience
the internalized experiences for which the child had been consistently rewarded
Ego Ideal
more or less fixed energy available to drive the entire personality
Psychic Energy
investment of psychic energy in the image of an object that’ll satisfy a need
Cathexis
expenditure of energy to prevent a cathexis that would cause anxiety
Anticathexis
unconscious processes that falsify or distort reality to reduce or prevent anxiety
Ego-Defense Mechanisms
learned response of “not thinking” an anxiety-provoking thought
Repression
state of info that is in the unconscious mind but hasn’t been repressed
Preconscious
boy’s fear he’ll lose his penis because they are regarded as the source of difficulty between the boy and his father
Castration Anxiety
various mechanisms that distort a dream’s latent content
Dream Work
a dream element represents several ideas at the same time
Condensation
resynthesizing dream elements after they’ve been distorted by dream work
Secondary Revision
the manifestation of repressed thoughts in everyday living
Parapraxes
