chapter 3 Flashcards
Describe Freud’s environment
rigorous, chaste, supressed
instincts
propelling forces of personality
life instincts
instincts oriented toward survival
two examples of life instincts
libido, cathexis (energy investment)
death instincts
compulsion to destroy and conquer
What causes individual differences according to Freud?
ego defense mechanisms
what are the most important years for development (Freud)?
first 5 years
Can you trust conscious experience?
No, unconscious defense mechanisms distort it
determinism
behaviour is determined by unconscious processing
free association
description of hidden material by patients that seemed related to the causes/cure of hysterical symptoms
What causes hysterical symptoms expressed by adult patients?
early traumatic sexual experiences
conscious
thoughts a person is currently aware of
preconscious
retrievable information
unconscious
thoughts that cannot be easily brought into awareness
Id
pleasure principle + primary process thinking
ego
reality principle + secondary process thinking
superego
internalized values, conscience, ego-ideal
what happens when the id demands are unacceptable?
super makes you feel guilt/shame
reality anxiety
tangible dangers in environment
neurotic anxiety
ego struggles mediating demands of id
moral anxiety
id directly confronts superego
defense mechanisms
ego strategies to defend against anxiety
repression
unconscious removal from awareness
denial
denying the existence of a threat
reaction formation
hide from unconscious ideas or urges by acting in a manner opposite to our unconscious desires
projection
attributing a disturbing impulse to someone else
regression
retreat to an earlier period of life
rationalization
reinterpreting behaviour
displacement
shifting id impulses to a non-threatening suitable object
sublimation
displacing id impulses into socially acceptable behaviors
What defense mechanism would road rage be an example of?
displacement
psychosexual stages of development
oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
fixation
stagnation of energy from a child being unable to move through a particular stage
what can cause an oral fixation
feeding problems
what can cause an anal fixation?
traumatic toilet training
oedipus complex
children develop sexual attraction for their opposite-sex parent
How to get at unconscious material?
dreams
projective tests
free association
hypnosis
what happens during latency stage?
sexual desires lessen
Anna O
patient with hysterical symptoms who was fine when under hypnosis
how does id satisfy its needs?
wish fulfillment
what are the actions of the ego based on?
reality principle
what are the actions of the id based on?
pleasure principle
libido
life or sexual instinct
thanatos
death or aggressive instinct
What is the difference between sublimation and displacement?
sublimation is socially acceptable and displacement isn’t
intellectualization
considering something in a strictly intellectual, unemotional manner
during what stage does the oedipus complex develop?
phallic
what is the goal of psychoanalysis?
bring unconscious material into consciousness
rorschach inkblot test
test takers must describe what they see on 10 cards, each with an ink blot. Responses are then analyzed/scored
Thematic apperception test (TAT)
test takers must form a story off of a series of ambiguous pictures
