chp 9

Question 1

why study freud

Answer 1

pop culture
only complete theory of personality
influence on psychotherapy
influenced modern conceptions of mind

Question 2

freud early life

Answer 2

born 1856
- mother 20, father 40…father on 3rd marriage, half-brothers same age as mother
- sexually charged atmosphere bcs of visitors attracted to mother

born w caul, favoured over siblings

Question 3

freud as person

Answer 3

went to med school, became neurologist

spent time w charot who used hypnosis w patients who had conversion disorders

wanted marriage and to support fam

Question 4

conversion disorder

Answer 4

psych disorder w symptoms that impact motor function

i.e. numbness, deafness, tunnel vision

converst MI to neurological impact

i.e. from abuse, anx, trauma

Question 5

culture during freud’s youth

Answer 5

victorian vienna, rude to talk abt feelings

women chaperoned to doctor
- sex taboo
- hysteria/conversion disorders common

Question 6

source of freud’s ideas

Answer 6

he said he used induction: move from specific to general theory

he actually used deduction: took his own general ideas and applied to patients

psychic determinism: conflicts of thoughts can be resolved
- led to ideas of unconscious

Question 7

topographical model

Answer 7

conscious mind: crrently aware of
- governed by reality principle

preconscious mind: not currently aware, can become aware of i.e. prompting

unconscious mind: diff to bring to surface, governed by pleasure principle

conflict b/w reality and pleasure principle

Question 8

structural model of the mind

Answer 8

the mind: made of separate parts that function individ and can conflict

id: unconc, motivated by pleasure
- irrational, emotional
- resp for freudian slips

ego: mediates superego and id, deals w reality and allows function in world

superego: restrictive and strict, conscience
- freud says is better dev in men than women

Question 9

compromise formation

Answer 9

ego’s main job

results in conc thought and behav

used in modern psychoanalytic thought

Question 10

libido and thanatos

Answer 10

libido: mental energy used by mind—creation, growth, enjoy life
- fixed and finite energy
- current thought is info processing capacity is limited

thanatos: explains destructive activity i.e. war
- based on belief of nature, everything has opp
- sim to entropy, basic universal force moving towards random and disorder

Question 11

freud and coke

Answer 11

prescribed to patients and fiance
- addicted

prescribed to fleischel who was addicted to morphine
- wanted to help w addiction
- became addicted to both, died

stopped using

newspapers called him dope fiend and blamed for death

Question 12

victorian perspective of freud

Answer 12

disliked emphasis on sex and cocaine

ppl don’t like being told why they did smth

Question 13

psychosexual development

Answer 13

focus on psychic energy location and how it’s used

a stage theory

Question 14

freud psychosexual development stages

Answer 14

1. oral stage: birth-18months
2. anal stage: 18 months - 3 yrs
3. phallic stage: 3 1/2 - 7 yrs
4. latency: 7 - puberty
5. genital stage: puberty onwards

Question 15

anal stage

Answer 15

18 months - 3 yrs

phys: anus and organs of elimination
psych: control of emotion and behav

follow orders and control inappropriate urges
- dev ego, find compromise b/w wants and reality

adult: no self control, unrealsitc expectations
- undercontrolled vs overcontrolled

Question 16

latency

Answer 16

7 - puberty

break from development
focus on learning childhood tasks

Question 17

genital stage

Answer 17

puberty onwards

final stage and where stay IF achieved

phys: sexual organs, sexuality in relationships
psych: maturity

achievement: psych adj and balanced

mental health

focus on creation and enhancing life

Question 18

phallic stage

Answer 18

3 1/2 - 7

phys = sexual organs
basic task = accept sex differences and implications

oedpial crisis

psych themes: gender ID, dev self-image as f/m, relate to opp sex

love, fear, jealousy

adult: asexual vs promiscuous, rigid moral code vs no morals

Question 19

oral stage

Answer 19

birth - 18 months

phys: mouth, lips, tonuge
psych = dependency, passivity

only the id exists

needs not fulfilled or fulfilled instantly

adult = overly independent or overly passive

Question 20

primary process thinking

Answer 20

how unconscious mind operates

wants immediate gratification, no concept of no

condensation: idea/dream object represents many things

displacement: dream thoughts are censored to hide original source

Question 21

secondary process thinking

Answer 21

rational, prudent, practical

can delay gratification

how conscious part of ego thinks

Question 22

reaction formulation

Answer 22

create opp idea to what may cause anxiety

i.e. tease someone you like

Question 23

rationalization vs intellectualization

Answer 23

rationalization: make rational explanation hat doesn’t acknowledge real motivation

intellectualization: translate anx producing thoughts into unemotional theories

Question 24

sublimation

Answer 24

give safe outlet for problematic feelings/desires

i.e. lash out in sports instead of family

Question 25

displacement

Answer 25

move obj of emotion from dangerous target to safe place

i.e. take out anger from boss onto family

Question 26

manifest content vs latent content

Answer 26

latent content: hidden meaning

manifest content: outward details of dream

Question 27

abreaction

Answer 27

release of repressed symptoms when early traumas uncovered

i.e. shame, fear, guilt from discovering uncle molested you

freud’s coworkers were these uncles, he said the memories were fantasies

Question 28

parapraxes

Answer 28

slips of tongue from unconscious

or actions i.e. walk into wrong room

Question 29

transference vs countertransference

Answer 29

transference: tendency to bring ways of thinking, feeling, behaving in one important relationship to another
- patient treats therapist like mother

countertransference: therapist dev inapprop feelings for patient

Question 30

free association

Answer 30

patient says what comes to mind w/o filter

encouraged by patient being on couch

Question 31

criticisms vs praise for psychoanalysis

Answer 31

critcism:
- case stdy, biased and based on introspection
- low recovery rate and long treatment
- nontestible
- freud thought women constantly coped w not being men bcs men were the norm

pros:
- importance of childhood experience on adulthood
- imp of sex and aggression
- tries to understand unconc forces
- explains defense mechanisms