Chapter 3 Freuds Psychoanalyic Theory Flashcards
Anal stage
Freuds concept for that period of life during which the major center of the bodily excitation or tension is in the anus
Anxiety
In psychoanalytic theory, a painful emotional experience that signals or alerts the ego to danger
Castration anxiety
Freuds concept of the boys fear, experienced during the phallic stage, that the father will cut off the sons penis because of their sexual rivalry for the mother
Catharsis
The release and freeing of emotion through talking about ones problems
Conscious
Those thoughts, experiences, and feelings of which we are aware
Death instinct
Freuds concept for drives or sources of energy directed toward death or a return to an inorganic state
Defence mechanisms
Freuds concept for those mental strategies used by the person to reduce anxiety. They function to exclude from awareness some thought, wish or feeling
Denial
The defence mechanism in which a painful internal or external reality is denied
Ego
Freuds structural concept for the part of personality that attempts to satisfy drives (instincts) in accordance with reality and the persons moral views
Energy system
Freuds view of the personality as involving the interplay among various forces (drives, instincts) or sources of energy
Erogenous zones
According to Freud, those parts of the body that are the sources of tension or excitation
Free association
In psychoanalysis, the patients reporting to the analysis of every thought that comes to mind
Genital stage
In psychoanalytic theory, the stage of development associated with the onset of puberty
Id
Freuds structual concept for the source of the instincts or all of the drive energy in people
Identification
The acquisition, as characteristics of the self, of personality charactierstics percieved to be part of others (parents)
Isolation
The defense mechanism in which emotion is isolated from the content of a painful impulse or memory
Latency stage
In psychoanalytic theory, the stage following the phallic stage in which there is a decrease in sexual urges and interest
Libido
The psychoanalytic term for the energy associated first with the sexual instincts and later with the lift instincts
Life instinct
Freuds concept for drives or sources of energy (libido) directed towards the preservation of life and sexual gratification
Mechanism
An intellectual movement of the 19th century that argued that basic principles of natural science could explain not only the behaviour of physical objects, but also human thought and action
Oedipus complex
Freuds concept for expressing the boys sexual attraction to the mother and fear of castration by the father, who is seen as a rival
Oral stage
Freuds concept for that period of life during which the major center of bodily excitation or tension is the mouth
Penis envy
In psychoanalytic theory, the females envy of the males possession of a penis
Perception without awareness
Unconscious perception or perception of a stimulus without conscious awareness of such perception
Perceptual defense
The process by which an individual defends (unconsciously) against awareness of a threatening stimuli
Phallic stage
Freuds concept for that period of life during which excitation or tension begins to be centered in the genitals and during which there is an attraction to the parent of the opposite sex
Pleasure principle
According to Freud, psychological functioning based on the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain
Preconscious
Freuds concept for those thoughts experiences, and feelings of which we are momentarily unaware but can readily bring into awareness
Primary process
In psychoanalytic theory, a form of thinking that is not governed by logic or reality testing and that is seen in dreams and other expression of the unconscious
Projection
the defense mechanism in which one attributes to (projects onto) others ones own unacceptable instincts or wishes
Rationalization
The defense mechanism in which an acceptable reason is given for an unacceptable motive or act
Reaction formation
The defense mechanism in which the opposite of an unacceptable impulse is expressed
Reality principle
According to Freud, psychological functioning based on reality in which please is delyaed until an optimum time
Repression
The primary defense mechanism in which a thought, idea, or wish is dismissed from consciousness
Secondary process
In psychoanalytic theory, a form of thinking that is governed by reality and associated with the development of the ego
Sublimation
The defense mechanism in which the original expression of the instinct is replaced by a higher cultural goal
Subliminal psychodynamic activation
The research procedure associated with psychoanalytic theory in which stimuli are presented below the perceptual threshold (subliminally) to stimulate unconscious wishes and fears
Superego
Freuds structural concept for the part of personality that expresses out ideas and moral values
Unconscious
Those tohughts, experiences, and feelings of which we are unaware. According to Freud, this unawareness is the result of repression
Undoing
The defense mechanism in which one magically undoes an act or wish associated with anxiety
