Chapter 2 Theories and Therapies Flashcards
What is one of the most anxiety provoking activities?
Dealing with other people
What do Psych theories help us do?
provide plausible explanations for perplexing behavior
Name the 3 parts of consciousness according to Freud
Conscious
PreConscious
SubConscious
Explain Conscious Mind
TIP OF ICEBERG
Perceptions Memories Thoughts
Fantasies Feelings
Explain PreConscious Mind
Just below the surface
Material that can be easily retreived.
Explain UNConscious Mind
Unconscious Mind
Repressed memories passions unacceptable urges
Memories and emotions associated with TRAUMA
Needs therapy to retrieve this material
Freud’s Three Major Parts of Personality
Id, Ego, Superego
ID
Birth
Unconscious
Impulsive
Cannot tolerate frustration.
Cannot problem solve and is illogical
EGO
Found in conscious, subconscious, and unconscious awareness.
Problem solver.
Develops with a few years of life.
You have to delay gratification.
If you are hungry - plan how to get food.
SUPEREGO
Age 3-5 years
Also found in all 3 levels of awareness.
Moral component
ALL the should NOT’s
If too strong, person will feel inferior and self-critical
What is the purpose of
DEFENSE MECHANISMS?
Helps to ward off anxiety by preventing
conscious awareness of
threatening feelings.
Name 2 features of
DEFENSE MECHANISMS
- Operate on unconscious level (except suppression)
- They deny, falsify, distort reality to make it less threatening.
Name some Defense Mechanisms
Altruism
Compensation
Conversion
Denial
Displacement
Dissociation
Identification
Intellectualization
Projection
Rationalization
Regression
Repression
Splitting
Sublimatioin
Suppression
Undoing
Oral Stage
Age?
Source of satisfaction?
Primary Conflict
Task?
0-1 year
Mouth
Weaning
Mastery of gratification of oral needs
Ego begins 4-5 months
Desired Outcome of Oral Stage
Trust in environment
Realization that needs can be met
Fixation at Oral Stage
Passivity, gullibility dependence
Sarcasm
Oral habits - smoking, nail biting
Anal Stage
Age?
Source of Satisfaction?
Conflict
Tasks
1-3 years
Anal Region - expulsion/retention of feces
Toilet training
Begins self-control over instinct, delayed gratification
Anal Stage
Desired Outcome
CONTROL OVER IMPULSES
ANAL STAGE
FIXATION AT
Anal retentiveness -
Stingy, rigid, OCD or
Anal expulsive -
Messy, destructive, cruel
PHALLIC STAGE
Age
Source of Satisfaction
Conflict
Task
3-6 years (oedipal)
Genitals masturbation
Oedipus and Electra
Identify with parent of same sex
Beginning of superego
Phallic Stage
Desired Outcome
Identification with parent of same sex
Phallic Stage
Fixation
Reckless, self-assured, and narcissistic person
lack of resolution may result in inability to love and issues with
sexual identity
Latency Stage
Age
NO Source of Satisfaction
NO primary conflict
Tasks
6-12 years
growth of EGO -
ability to care and relate to others outside home
Latency Stage
Desired Outcome
Development of skills to cope with environment.
Latency Stage
Fixation
Difficulty identifying with others
and developing social skills
Sense of inferiority and inadequacy
Genital Stage
Age
Source of Satisfaction
NO primary conflict
Task
12 years and beyond
Genitals, sex
Develop satisfying sexual and emotional relationships
emancipation from parents
Planning life goals
personal identity
Genital Stage
Desired Outcome
The ability to be creative and find pleasure in love and work.