Chapter 2 Flashcards
Name the three division of the Adult mind
id, ego, and a superego
At birth what does the entire mind consist of?
the id
from the German das es meaning
that is and it is the id
Consist of pure unadulterated, instinctual energy and exist completely not eh unconscious level.
id
The____ cannot tolerate the _______ associated with a ______ need and therefore demands the _________ ________.
id, tension, bodily immediate removal of that tension.
The ______ demands immediate _______ of bodily needs and is to be governed by the_________
id, gratification, pleasure principle
What two means does the id use to satisfy bodily needs
reflex action and wish fulfillment
responding automatically to a source of irritation
reflex action
from the German das ich meaning I
the ego
uses the process of identification
the go
develops and attempts to match the images of the id with objects and event s in the real world. what does Freud call this process and what division of the mind uses this process
the process is called identification and the division of the mind that uses this process is the ego
governed by the reality principle
the ego
operates in the service of the id
the ego
comes into existence to bring the person into contact with experiences that truly satisfy his or her needs.
the ego
The realistic efforts of the ego that brings about true biological satisfaction are called
secondary processes
A component of the personality must develop to make satisfaction possible, what component is this
the ego
the id attempts to reduce needs through hallucinations, along with reflex actions are called what
primary processes
are ineffective in ultimately alleviating the need
primary processes
cannot distinguish between its images and external reality, in fact its images are the only reality
the id
Examples of _________ are need —-> hunger—–> food wish, part identification of the food wish
ID primary process
Examples of ________ are finding and ingesting food and part identification is
EGO Secondary processes
If only two components of the personality were the ____ and ____, we would have a ________, ________ person who, when in a _____ state, would seek _________ _______ of _____ (__), from appropriate environmental objects (____)
id, ego, hedonistic, animalistic, need, immediate gratification, need (id), ego
need refer to what division of the adult personality
id
appropriate environment objects refers to
ego
What is the third component of the personality
superego
the moral arm of the personality
the superego
derives from the German das uberich meaning “the over I”
the superego
develops primarily from the internalized patterns of reward and punishment that the young child experiences
the superego
is said to be fully developed when self-control replaces environmental or direct parental control.
the superego
name two division of the superego
the conscience and the ego ideal
internalized experiences for which the child has consistently punished
conscience
the internalized experiences for which the child had been consistently rewarded.
ego ideal
Constantly strives for perfection and is therefore as unrealistic as the id
The superego
The executive of the personality
the ego
the belief that life consists of some vital force that cannot be reduced to physical events
vitalism
the helmholtizan concept
principle of conservation of energy
The principle that states that within a system, energy is never created or lost but only rearranged or transformed from one place or form to another
The principle of conservation of energy
What principle was applied to the human mmd according to Freud
the principle of conservation of energy
each person is born with more or less the same amount of___ and that amount remains more or less the same from birth to death
psychic energy
The energy that can be transformed and rearranged, and is how the energy is distributed at any given time that determines a person’s personality characteristics
psychic energy
from the Greek kathexo, meaning to occupy
cathexis
to describe the investment of psychic energy in the thoughts of objects or precesses that will satisfy a need
cathexis
never leaves the body, but if considerable energy is invested in the image of an object, an intense longing occurs for it in the form, and that wish would be endowed with energy therefore creating a tension that would continue until the need was satisfied
Psychic energy
With the development of the _____ comes the need to_______ certain_______ desires
superego, inhibit, primitive
The energy expended to prevent undesirable cathexes
Anticathexis
