Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approaches

Question 1

Freud’s contribution to modern personality research

Answer 1

talking cure
mind-body association
psychic influences on behaviour may be subconscious
case study method

Question 2

what parts of freud’s theory do contemporary methods cut out?

Answer 2

unconscious is all about sex
psychosexual stages of development

Question 3

what is the modern view of repression?

Answer 3

resurfaced repressed memories are not reliable because
- false memories are easily implanted
- traumatic events are not often repressed

Question 4

mind-body connection

Answer 4

stress in mind can lead to illness in the body

Question 5

why are false memories easily implanted?

Answer 5

there’s no limit of implantable ideas and no limit of length of time since they happened

Question 6

what was the false memory study?

Answer 6

first interview aked about a fake event from their childhood
second interview, 47% students ‘remembered’ the event

Question 7

what is evidence tha traumatic events are not often repressed?

Answer 7

PTSD in soldiers and victims that influence their daily lives

Question 8

true or false; many practitioners still encourage people to unearth repressed memories in therapy

Answer 8

false, feel that unearthed memories are not real

Question 9

true or false; therapists who suggest recovery of repressed trauma memories cause their patients to be 20 times more likely to report a repressed memory of abuse

Answer 9

true

Question 10

what is the modern view of the unconscious

Answer 10

motivated view
cognitive view

Question 11

motivated view of unconscious

Answer 11

we bury hidden needs/desires in the unconscious

Question 12

cognitive view of unconscious

Answer 12

info perceived may become unconscious and influence us, but is not buried

Question 13

which view of unconsciousness is similar to freud’s pre-conscious?

Answer 13

cognitive view

Question 14

what is sublimal priming

Answer 14

concepts perceived and influencing us without us knowing

Question 15

what is the most effective type of priming?

Answer 15

product placement; product is embedded in film/TV subtly

Question 16

who worked on the modern view of the Ego?

Answer 16

Anna Freud
Erik Erikson

Question 17

what is the difference between Sigmund’s and Anna’s/Erik’s view of the ego?

Answer 17

conscious has more control on who we are as a person than just the subconscious
conscious controls ones environment and secures identity

Question 18

difference between erikson’s 8 developmental stages from Freuds psychosexual development

Answer 18

covers full lifespan
allows development in adulthood

Question 19

similarities between erikson’s 8 developmental stages and Freuds psychosexual development

Answer 19

each stage has conflict
failure to resolve conflict leads to crisis

Question 20

narcissism

Answer 20

exaggerated positive self-esteem

Question 21

narcissism paradox

Answer 21

people who seem to think they’re great may feel more secure underneath

Question 22

what kind of defense mechanism is narcissism?

Answer 22

reaction formation

Question 23

where does the name narcissism come from

Answer 23

Narcissism; stared at his reflection so much he lost his chance with hot nymph

Question 24

diagnosis characteristics for narcissistic personality disorder

Answer 24

grandiosity
dominance
entitlement
superiority

Question 25

non-clinical characteristics of narcissism

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bragging excessive positive view of self and negative view of others egotism entitlement superiority derogation of others

Question 26

example of a well known narcissist

Answer 26

Armand Hammer Arnold Schwarzenegger

Question 27

childhood causes of narcissism?

Answer 27

over-idealization of child excessive criticism when don't reach unrealistic standards narcissictic wound

Question 28

narcissistic wound

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early humiliation experience core shock to the system they want to hide away

Question 29

ways to measure narcissism

Answer 29

unrealistic beliefs in abilities amount of fantasies of power/success etc entitlement grandiosity

Question 30

what is expected of a narcissistic that goes to therapy?

Answer 30

come for external life problems hard to treat because enter a shame spiral when aware of behaviour

Question 31

methods of narcissistic illusions experiment

Answer 31

rate self performance on a task relative to others DV; self-enhancement bias IV; manipulation of self focused attention control; evaluate right after group discussion exp; evaluate after eseeing videotape of self participatin

Question 32

self-enhancement bias

Answer 32

degree to which self-evaluation is more positive than objective evaluation

Question 33

results of narcissistic illusions experiment

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narcissist's self evaluation increases after viewing their own performance sees no faults in self

Question 34

two types of narcissist

Answer 34

grandiose fragile

Question 35

grandiose narcissist

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exxagerate d sense of self-importance no empathy critical controlling blames other people for shortcomings little insights into own behaviour/motives

Question 36

fragile narcissist

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unhappy, depressed, despondent critical exaggerated sense of self-importance anxious envious feelings of emptiness seems priviledges and entitled feels inedequate, inferior, liek a failure

Question 37

similarities between grandiose and fragile narcissist

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entitled critical high self importance

Question 38

object relations theory

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social relationships in adulthood originate in childhood from internalized representations of parents

Question 39

harlow's experiment

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raised monkeys on fake mothers, monkeys mostly preferred fluffy soft fake one than the hard metal one, even when the metal one had food became anxious, insecure, abnormal sexually

Question 40

Ainsworth

Answer 40

strange situation procedure

Question 41

what are the 3 attachment styles in strange situation procedure

Answer 41

secure avoidant anxious-ambivalent

Question 42

what does child's response in the strange situation predict?

Answer 42

mother's behaviour to child internal model for how they think people will treat them later adult attachment styles

Question 43

secure attachment style

Answer 43

relatively easy to get close to others and form healthy relationships

Question 44

avoidant attachment style

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uncomfortable being clsoe to others and have hard time trusting

Question 45

anxious-ambivalent attachment style

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go too deep too fast, worried other person in relationship doesn't like them

Question 46

studies that investigated early childhood attachment

Answer 46

Harlow's monkeys Bowlby Ainsworth Strange situation Hazan and Shaver adult attachment stress test study

Question 47

what is the stress test study?

Answer 47

hetero couples where female reacts to partners stress avoidant- no support secure- supportive anxious- no support, probably made it worse

Question 48

true or false; attachment styles can change across the lifespan

Answer 48

true

Question 49

what is the easiest attachment style to chenge to secure?

Answer 49

anxious attachment style