chapter two: perspectives in psych

Question 1

what were the problems with structuralism

Answer 1

the accuracy of self-report and no role given to unconscious processes

Question 2

what is correlated to sigmund freud

Answer 2

psychoanalysis

Question 3

what was freud’s goal

Answer 3

to access the unconscious mind

Question 4

what are the different layers of personality freud found

Answer 4

id, ego, and super ego

Question 5

what is id

Answer 5

the savage uncontrolled part of the mind and the first thing we develop as humans

Question 6

what principle is id controlled by

Answer 6

the pleasurable principal

Question 7

what is the pleasurable principal

Answer 7

the pleasuring feeling after getting wants

Question 8

what is the ego

Answer 8

the sense of control and where actions are assessed, objective and asking if you can get away with things

Question 9

what principal is ego controlled by

Answer 9

reality principle

Question 10

what is the reality principal

Answer 10

objective assessment over situation

Question 11

what is superego

Answer 11

governs the right and wrong of every situation

Question 12

what is superego influenced by

Answer 12

morality, right and wrong

Question 13

what is hypnosis

Answer 13

taking away conscious defenses and ask questions when the mind is more vulnerable

Question 14

what is free association

Answer 14

giving a word and having someone think of word that comes to mind

Question 15

what are projective tests

Answer 15

pictures that can be interpreted however patient wants

Question 16

what does freud believe about dreams

Answer 16

dreams are roads to the unconscious mind

Question 17

what is manifest content

Answer 17

the description of the dream and the most obvious

Question 18

what is latent content and who can access them

Answer 18

the dream’s underlying meaning. what dream is trying to say, only skilled psychoanalysts can interpret this content

Question 19

what is psychic energy

Answer 19

ego employs defense mechanism, keep unwanted thoughts out

Question 20

what is anxiety reduction

Answer 20

freud’s defense mechanisms

Question 21

what is repression

Answer 21

unwanted thought is blocked out of memory, can be seen in all other kinds of defense mechanisms

Question 22

what is denial

Answer 22

external refusal of facts

Question 23

what is displacement

Answer 23

when there is unresolved conflict and you take frustration out on something unrelated

Question 24

what is reaction formation

Answer 24

having a thought and reacting opposite to what you think

Question 25

what is rationalization

Answer 25

when you do something wrong but convince yourself that it is okay

Question 26

what is projection

Answer 26

having a problem but making it someone else’s problem, putting blame else where

Question 27

what is sublimation

Answer 27

having negative thought/desires and channel it to somewhere it can be accepted; sports

Question 28

who was alfred adler

Answer 28

the first major follower to break from freud and created individual psychology

Question 29

how did adler explain striving for superiority

Answer 29

the want to overcome helplessness

Question 30

how did adler describe inferiority complex

Answer 30

someone remains dependent and could not overcome their helplessness

Question 30

what is neglect according to adler

Answer 30

did not get proper support and had difficulty to resolve their inferiority. usually results in a life of deviance and crime

Question 31

how does adler define pampering

Answer 31

is dependent on other people and cant do anything on their own. lack of initiative makes a hesitant child

Question 32

what do first born children end up becoming

Answer 32

feel the resentment for not being pampered anymore and are more likely to become criminals

Question 33

what do middle children end up as

Answer 33

are usually not neglected and was not overly pampered and the most well adjusted adult of all birth orders according to adler

Question 34

what are the youngest usually like

Answer 34

overly pampered and get the attention from both siblings and parents, lack initiative

Question 35

what did carl jung do

Answer 35

analytic psychology. travelled and was interested in ancient mythology and eastern religions

Question 36

what was jung’s idea of collection unconscious

Answer 36

everyone share feelings towards outside thing, similar ones