Chapter 12 Flashcards
Many modern researchers put lots of effort into proving freud was ___________
Wrong about everything
What is the theme of post-freudian psychoanalysis?
To move away from the emphasis on instincts towards a focus on the interpersonal aspects of life.
objects are________
partially accurate mental images of people
Object relations theory:
Deals with the origin and implication of objects
Attachment theory
focuses on how attechment is significant to other people called attachment figures
Neo-Freudian psychologist include:
Anna Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Erik Erikson, Karen Horney, Klein and Winnicott.
3 Common themes of Neo-Freudian:
- view sex as less important then Freud (general life motivation)
- put less emphasis on unconscious mental processes and more on conscious mental thought
- pults less emphasis on instinctual drives nd mental life as psychological difficulties focus on interpersonal relationships
Ego Psychology focuses on
perception, memory, learning and rational conscious thinking rather than sexuality, psychic conflict and the unconscious.
Alfred Adler
First major disciple of Freud to break away from him
Why did Alder break away?
Thought Freud focused too much on sex as a motivator rather than social interest.
How did Alder define Social interest?
The desire to relate positively and productively with other people.
Organ inferiority
Someone who felt physically weak as a child will strive for physical strength as an adult
Masculine Protest
The overcompensating behaviour that results in an adult acting powerful because of inadequacies as a child
What are two familiar terms rooted in Adlerian thought?
Inferiority complex and lifestyle
Carl Jung lived from
1875-1961
What was Jung’s relationship with Freud?
Originally friends with numerous letters. Jung was anointed by Freud as the 1st president of the International Psychanalytic Association. But eventually theories parted to the point that they couldn’t get along.
What is Jungs best known idea?
Collective unconscious
What is the Collective unconcious?
The belief that all people share inborn “racial” or species specific memories and ideas which reside in the unconcious. Archetypes.
Define Archetype
Basic images which reside in the unconcious, Core of how people think about the world consciously and unconsciously.
Where can you see archetypes?
Dreams, cultural mythologies, fantasies and modern literature
Define Persona
The social mask one wears in public. To some degree everyone’s is false.
Anima is ____________ and Animus is ___________
- the prototype of the female in the mind of a male, “feminine side”
- the prototype of a male in the mind of a female, “masculine side”
Introverts_______
orient to inner world