Chapter 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
An ego-defense mechanism postulated by Anna Freud by which a person internalizes the values of another person and lives his or her life accordance with those values
Altruistic surrender
Character typer that results grin a fixation at the early anal stage. Such a person may have trouble with bowel control and may overly generous
Anal-expulsive character
Character type that results from a fixation at the late anal stage. Such a person may suffer from constipation and may be stingy.
Anal-retentive character
Second psychosexual stage that occurs about the second year of life during which time then anal area is the primary erogenous zoner
Anal stage
Expenditure of energy to prevent a cathexis that would cause anxiety.
Anticathexis
The general feeling of impending danger
Anxiety
French neurologist from whom Freud learned
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