Ch. 2 - Sigmund Freud

Question 1

furthering life instinct e.g., eating, drinking, sleeping, sex

Answer 1

Eros

Question 2

ending life instinct e.g., aggression

Answer 2

Thanatos

Question 3

only part present at birth and entirely unconscious, the original source of libido

Answer 3

Id

Question 4

immediate gratification

Answer 4

Pleasure Principle

Question 5

inability to distinguish fantasy from reality

Answer 5

Primary Process Thinking

Question 6

forms soon after birth from id’s libido and is (mostly) conscious, concerned with self-preservation

Answer 6

Ego

Question 7

delayed gratification

Answer 7

Reality Principle

Question 8

logical thoughts directed at and cued by the environment

Answer 8

Secondary Process Thinking

Question 9

allows humans to live in a society, contains the conscience (should not) and the ego ideal (should)

Answer 9

Superego

Question 10

all the superego cares about is doing what’s right

Answer 10

Perfection Principle

Question 11

taking your own urges and saying someone else has them instead

Answer 11

Projection

Question 12

changing the object of your urge to something less threatening

Answer 12

Displacement

Question 13

rejecting all pleasurable urges to stave off one impulse

Answer 13

Asceticism

Question 14

attempt to undo the horror of something by doing something else not logically connected

Answer 14

Undoing

Question 15

go back to a time in your life when things were simpler

Answer 15

Regression

Question 16

inhibition of an anxiety-provoking thought by exaggerating its opposite

Answer 16

Reaction Formation

Question 17

taking on the characteristics of someone you admire

Answer 17

Introjection

Question 18

taking on characteristics of someone you hate

Answer 18

Identification with the Aggressor

Question 19

expressing an aggressive urge at someone with plausible deniability e.g., a backhanded compliment

Answer 19

Compromise Formation

Question 20

come up with a logical/plausible but inaccurate excuse e.g., “sour grapes”

Answer 20

Rationalization

Question 21

removing emotion from a situation and looking logically at it

Answer 21

Intellectualization

Question 22

a special variety of displacement; changing the object of your urge into something society finds useful

Answer 22

Sublimation

Question 23

during times of stress, your behavior is influenced by that particular stage

Answer 23

Fixation

Question 24

0-1 years old, libidinal energy is focused in mouth

Answer 24

Oral Stage

Question 25

incorporative/sucking behaviors

Answer 25

Early Oral Fixation

Question 26

biting behaviors

Answer 26

Late Oral Fixation

Question 27

1-3 years old, libidinal energy focused in anus

Answer 27

Anal Stage

Question 28

pleasure is derived from control

Answer 28

Anal Retentive

Question 29

pleasure is derived from making messes

Answer 29

Anal Expulsive

Question 30

3-5 years old, libidinal energy is focused in genitalia

Answer 30

Phallic Stage

Question 31

6-12 years old, libidinal energy isn't focused in a particular place

Answer 31

Latent Stage

Question 32

adolescence onward, libidinal energy is again in genitalia but object is reproductive

Answer 32

Genital Stage

Question 33

a patient responds to the analyst as if they were an important person in the patient's life

Answer 33

Transference

Question 34

an analyst forming an emotional attachment to a patient

Answer 34

Countertransference

Question 35

instructing the patient to say whatever comes to mind no matter how irrelevant, threatening, or nonsensical it may seem

Answer 35

Free Association

Question 36

(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

Answer 36

Instinct

Question 37

responding automatically to a source of irritation e.g., sneezing

Answer 37

Reflex Action

Question 38

the conjuring of an image that is capable of satisfying a biological need

Answer 38

Wish Fulfillment

Question 39

ego finds environmental experiences capable of satisfying the needs of the id or superego

Answer 39

Reality Testing

Question 40

the internalized experiences for which the child had been consistently punished

Answer 40

Conscience

Question 41

the internalized experiences for which the child had been consistently rewarded

Answer 41

Ego Ideal

Question 42

more or less fixed energy available to drive the entire personality

Answer 42

Psychic Energy

Question 43

investment of psychic energy in the image of an object that'll satisfy a need

Answer 43

Cathexis

Question 44

expenditure of energy to prevent a cathexis that would cause anxiety

Answer 44

Anticathexis

Question 45

unconscious processes that falsify or distort reality to reduce or prevent anxiety

Answer 45

Ego-Defense Mechanisms

Question 46

learned response of "not thinking" an anxiety-provoking thought

Answer 46

Repression

Question 47

state of info that is in the unconscious mind but hasn't been repressed

Answer 47

Preconscious

Question 48

boy's fear he'll lose his penis because they are regarded as the source of difficulty between the boy and his father

Answer 48

Castration Anxiety

Question 49

various mechanisms that distort a dream's latent content

Answer 49

Dream Work

Question 50

a dream element represents several ideas at the same time

Answer 50

Condensation

Question 51

resynthesizing dream elements after they've been distorted by dream work

Answer 51

Secondary Revision

Question 52

the manifestation of repressed thoughts in everyday living

Answer 52

Parapraxes