chapter 14 Flashcards
What is psychic energy?
generated by instinctual drives pressing for release
When is the ID present?
birth
How does the ID function
irrationally
What basic biological urges does the ID have?
eating, drinking and sex
What principle does it follow?
pleasure principle- maximize pleasure, minimize pain
What is the Primary Process Theory (ID)?
if needs can’t be met with reality, fantasy will meet them
When does the ego develop?
second
what’s the reality principle (ego)?
tests reality to decide when ID can safely discharge impulses
what is “executive of personality” (ego)?
must balance superego and ID
when does the superego develop?
last
What does superego decide?
if ego has been good or bad
How does superego control the ego?
pride and guilt
Three sources of anxiety in psychodynamic perspective:
reality- fear real world threats
neurotic- fear ID’s desires
moral- fear superego’s guilt
What are defines mechanisms?
deny/distort reality to deal with anxiety
What is the defence mechanism repression?
pushed to subconscious
What is the defence mechanism regression?
mentally returning to earlier, safer state (tug sucking and bed wetting)
What is the defence mechanism conversion?
conflict converted into physical symptom
What is the defence mechanism isolation?
memories allowed back into consciousness but without motives or emotion
What is the defence mechanism sublimation?
released in socially acceptable/admired behaviour
What is the defence mechanism intellectualization?
situation treated as intellectually interesting event
What is the defence mechanism displacement?
use secondary goal as an outlet
What is the defence mechanism projection?
attributing impulse to other people
What is the defence mechanism reaction formation?
exaggerated opposite behaviour
Free association:
Freud
patient is to say anything no matter how trivial, embarrassing or unrelated
analyst looks for association and resistance
Errors of speech and memory:
- Freudian slips
- absent-mindedness
- Freud believes these are motivations
Evaluating Psychoanalytic Theory:
limited data, bias, conceptual
Evidence supporting Freud:
subconscious processing: semantic primary effect
repression: memory lapses during therapy
Evidence against Freud:
dreams, anthropological evidence: oedipus complex not culturally universal