Chapter 11: neo-freudian thought Flashcards
neo-freudian psychology
a general term for the psychoanalytically oriented work of many theorists and researchers who are influenced by Freud’s theory
common themes of neo-freudian thought
- sex is less important; libido=motivation toward life and creativity
- less emphasis on unconscious, more on conscious thought
- less on instinctual drives and mental life as the source of psychological difficulties, and more on interpersonal relationships
ego psychology
modern school of psychological thought that believes the most important aspect of mental functioning is the way the ego mediates between and formulated
compromises among the impulses of the ID and superego
organ inferiority
idea that people are motivated to succeed in adulthood in order to compensate for whatever they felt, in childhood, was their weakest aspect
masculine protest
idea that a particular urge in adulthood is an attempt to compensate for ones powerlessness felt in childhood
adler
inferiority and compensation
jung
was into mystical and spiritual matters which freud did not like
collective unconscious
the proposition that all people share certain unconscious ideas because of the history of the human species
archetypes
the fundamental images of people that are contained in the collective unconscious, including “the earth mother” “the hero” “the devil” “the supreme being”
persona
social mask one wears in public
anima
the idea, or prototype, of the female, as held in the mind of a male
animus
idealized image of the male as held in the mind of the female
four basic ways of thinking (jung)
- rational
- feeling
- sensing
- intuiting
horney
-disagreed of portrayal of women as obsessed by “penis envy” and desire to be male
-adult behavior is based on efforts to overcome anxiety acquired in childhood
neurotic needs
needs that people feel but that are neither realistic nor truly desirable
erikson
psychosocial development
psychosocial development
- trust vs. mistrusts
- autonomy vs. shame and disgust
- initiative vs guilt
- industry vs. inferiority
- identity vs. identity confusion
- intimacy vs. isolation
- generativity vs. stagnation
- integrity vs. despair
object relations theory
the psychoanalytic study of interpersonal relations including the unconscious images and feelings associated with the important people (objects) in a persons life
4 themes of object relations theory
- every relationship has elements of satisfaction and frustration or pleasure and pain
- mix of love and hate
- distinction between the parts of the love object and the whole person
- the psyche of the baby (and adult) is aware of and disturbed by these contradictory feelings
paranoid position
children wish to destroy the bad part because they fear being destroyed by it
depressive position
wish to worship and protect the good part because they fear losing it
false self
children- and later, adults - learn to put on to please other people
tachistoscope
testing if the unconscious mind picks up on words faster than conscious mind
paul meehl
thought it was important to be psychoanalyzed and to analyze others
behaviorist approach
theoretical view of personality that focuses on overt behavior and the ways in which it can be affected by rewards and punishments in the environment
shortcomings in behaviorism
- ignores thinking, motivation, and emotion
-based on research using animals
-ignores the social dimension of learning
-treats the animal or person as essentially passive
attachment theory
psychoanalytic thought to describe the development and importance of human attachments to emotionally significant other people
- focuses on patterns of relationships with others that are consistently repeated with different partners
