Chapter 2 Flashcards
Two core drives in Freudian theory
Sex (Eros) and aggression (thanos)
Id
Pleasure principal; primary process
Ego
Reality principle; secondary process
Superego
Idealistic principle; conscious; ego-ideal
Dynamics of personality
Drives :
Eros
Libido, sex, life drive
Thanatos
Aggression; destruction; or death drive
What are the 3 levels of mental life
Unconscious, preconscious, conscious
Unconscious
-beyond awareness
-includes drives, urges, and instincts
-known only indirectly
2 sources of unconscious processes
Repression
Phylogenetic endowment- unconscious patterns inherited evolutionary from ancient ancestors of our species
Preconscious
Contains elements that are not conscious but can become conscious
Conscious
Only level of mental life that is directly available
Defense mechanisms
Repression
Reaction formation
Displacement
Fixation
Projection
Introjection
Sublimation
