cHAPTER 12 Flashcards
Psychodynamic theory
The theories descended from Sigmund Freud which explains unconscious mental forces
Psychoanalysis
a therapy that Freud designed to probe deeply into the lives of mental patients
Psychoanalytic theory focuses on?
focuses on childhood, unconscious motives and conflicts, and sexual and aggressive urges
Id
The instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle
Ego
The decision making component of personality that operates according to the reality principle
Super ego
Moral component of personality that incorporates social standards about what is right and what is wrong
Example of the conscious
Train of thought while I read the text
Example of preconscious
My middle name, what I had for dinner last night.
Example of the unconscious
Forgotten trauma
Carl Jung
Analytical psychology; The unconscious consists of two layers.
personal unconscious
material that has been repressed or forgotten
collective unconscious
material inherited from peoples ancestral past
archetypes
the ancestral memories stored according to Jung
Alfred Adler
Individual Psychology; human motivation is striving for superiority
compensation
described by Adler as efforts to overcome inferiorites