Chapter 4 Applications of Freuds Psychoanalytic Theory Flashcards
Anal personality
Freuds concept of a personality type that expresses a fixation at the anal stage of development and relaties to the world in terms of the wish for control or power
Attachment behavioural system (ABS)
Bowlbys concept emphasizing the early formation of a bond between infant and caregiver, generally the mother
Collective unconscious
Carl Jungs term for the inherited, universal, unconscious featurals of mental life that reflect the evolutionary experiences of the human species
Fixation
Freuds concept expressing a developmental arrest or stoppage at some point in the persons psychosexual development
Free association
In psycholanalysis, the patients reporting to the analyst of every thought that comes to mind
Internal working model
Bowlbys concept for the mental representations (images) of the self and others that develop during the early years of development, in particular in interaction with the primary caretaker
Oral personality
Freuds concept of a personality type that expresses a fixation at the oral stage of development and realted to the world in terms of the wish to be fed or to swallow
Phallic personality
Freuds concept of a personality type that expresses a fixation at the phallic stage of development and strives for success in competition with others
Projective test
A test that generally involves vague, ambiguous stimuli and allows subjects to reveal their personalities in terms of their distinctive responss (Inkblot test, Thematic Apperception Test)
Regression
Freuds concept expressing a persons return to ways of relating to the world and the self that were part of an earlier stage of development
Symptom
In psychopathology, the expression of psychological conflic of disordered psychological functioning. For Freud, a disguised expression of a repressed impulse
Transference
In psychoanalysis, the patients development toward the analyst of attitiudes and feelings rooted in past experiences with parental figures.
