chp 9 Flashcards
why study freud
pop culture
only complete theory of personality
influence on psychotherapy
influenced modern conceptions of mind
freud early life
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
freud as person
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
conversion disorder
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
culture during freud’s youth
victorian vienna, rude to talk abt feelings
women chaperoned to doctor
- sex taboo
- hysteria/conversion disorders common
source of freud’s ideas
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
topographical model
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
structural model of the mind
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
compromise formation
ego’s main job
results in conc thought and behav
used in modern psychoanalytic thought
libido and thanatos
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
freud and coke
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
victorian perspective of freud
disliked emphasis on sex and cocaine
ppl don’t like being told why they did smth
psychosexual development
focus on psychic energy location and how it’s used
a stage theory
freud psychosexual development stages
- oral stage: birth-18months
- anal stage: 18 months - 3 yrs
- phallic stage: 3 1/2 - 7 yrs
- latency: 7 - puberty
- genital stage: puberty onwards
anal stage
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
latency
7 - puberty
break from development
focus on learning childhood tasks
genital stage
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
phallic stage
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
oral stage
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
primary process thinking
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
secondary process thinking
rational, prudent, practical
can delay gratification
how conscious part of ego thinks
reaction formulation
create opp idea to what may cause anxiety
i.e. tease someone you like
rationalization vs intellectualization
rationalization: make rational explanation hat doesn’t acknowledge real motivation
intellectualization: translate anx producing thoughts into unemotional theories
sublimation
give safe outlet for problematic feelings/desires
i.e. lash out in sports instead of family
