CHAPTER 2 Freud: Key Terms and Concepts Flashcards
Freud’s three levels of mental life
unconscious, preconscious,
and conscious
It creates high levels of anxiety are
repressed into the unconscious.
Early childhood experiences ; they may influence behavior,
emotions, and attitudes for years.
The contents of the preconscious.
Events not associated with anxiety but are merely forgotten
_______ images are those in awareness at any given time.
Conscious
The three provinces of the mind
id, ego, and superego
unconscious, chaotic, out of contact with reality, and in service of the pleasure principle
id
executive of personality, in contact with the real world, and in service of the reality principle
ego
serves the moral and idealistic principles and begins to form after the Oedipus complex is resolved
superego
All motivation can be traced to ____________________.
sexual and aggressive drives
Childhood behaviors related to sex and aggression are often punished, which leads to?
either repression or anxiety
To protect itself against anxiety, the ego initiates various ________________
defense mechanisms
Most basic defense mechanism
repression
What are the three major stages of development Freud outlined?
infancy, latency, and a
genital period
A stage of development Freud devoted most attention to.
infantile stage
The three substages of the infantile stage
- Oral
- Anal
- Phallic (accompanied by the Oedipus complex)
