Chapter 12 Flashcards
What are the three elements that depict personality
Uniqueness, Consistency, Explanation
According to Freud, the mind consists of what 3 parts
Conscious, Preconscious and unconscious
What is the conscious mind
What you are aware of at this very moment
What is the preconscious mind
easily accessed, all info can be brought into consciousness, nothing to hide
What is the unconscious mind
info is hidden, not aware, influence how we feel, behave and think
What is free association
individual shares feelings, emotions, in order to gain insight on their unconscious thoughts
What is dream analysis
used to understand the expression of personality
What is the manifest content about the dream
part that the person remembers, disguised content
What is the latent content about a dream
expression of the unconscious mind and a way that the person truly feels, desires and needs
What are the three residents that constitute the components of our personalities
The ID, the ego and the superego
What is the id
lays in unconscious mind, satisfaction, pleasure, agression
What is the ego
lays in the conscious mind, chief of personality, satisfy the desires of ID, keeping ID in check, pays attention to superego
What is the superego
all levels of consciousness, moral, voice of morality and conscience, forces ego to do the right thing
Which residents clash against each other and why
ID and superego because they opposite in principles
What is reality anxiety
informs ego of real danger