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Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approaches Flashcards

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Freud’s contribution to modern personality research

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

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

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unconscious is all about sex
psychosexual stages of development

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what is the modern view of repression?

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

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mind-body connection

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stress in mind can lead to illness in the body

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why are false memories easily implanted?

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

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what was the false memory study?

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

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what is evidence tha traumatic events are not often repressed?

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PTSD in soldiers and victims that influence their daily lives

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

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false, feel that unearthed memories are not real

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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

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true

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what is the modern view of the unconscious

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motivated view
cognitive view

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motivated view of unconscious

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we bury hidden needs/desires in the unconscious

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cognitive view of unconscious

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

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

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cognitive view

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what is sublimal priming

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concepts perceived and influencing us without us knowing

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what is the most effective type of priming?

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product placement; product is embedded in film/TV subtly

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who worked on the modern view of the Ego?

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Anna Freud
Erik Erikson

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

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

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

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covers full lifespan
allows development in adulthood

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

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each stage has conflict
failure to resolve conflict leads to crisis

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narcissism

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exaggerated positive self-esteem

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narcissism paradox

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

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what kind of defense mechanism is narcissism?

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reaction formation

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where does the name narcissism come from

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

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diagnosis characteristics for narcissistic personality disorder

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grandiosity
dominance
entitlement
superiority

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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

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example of a well known narcissist

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Armand Hammer
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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childhood causes of narcissism?

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

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narcissistic wound

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

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ways to measure narcissism

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

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what is expected of a narcissistic that goes to therapy?

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

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methods of narcissistic illusions experiment

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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

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self-enhancement bias

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

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results of narcissistic illusions experiment

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

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two types of narcissist

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grandiose
fragile

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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

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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

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similarities between grandiose and fragile narcissist

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entitled
critical
high self importance

38
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object relations theory

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

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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

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Ainsworth

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strange situation procedure

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what are the 3 attachment styles in strange situation procedure

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secure
avoidant
anxious-ambivalent

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

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

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secure attachment style

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relatively easy to get close to others and form healthy relationships

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avoidant attachment style

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uncomfortable being clsoe to others and have hard time trusting

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anxious-ambivalent attachment style

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

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studies that investigated early childhood attachment

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

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what is the stress test study?

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

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true or false; attachment styles can change across the lifespan

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true

49
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what is the easiest attachment style to chenge to secure?

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anxious attachment style

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