Dynamic models of the mind

Question 1

Three regions of the mind in the topographical theory

Answer 1

Conscious
Pre-conscious
Unconscious

Question 2

Principle in the topographical model of the mind which is free from time constraints, and aims to avoid pain and seek pleasure

Answer 2

The pleasure principle

Question 3

Principle in the topographical system of the mind which is a learned principle which aims to delay with fulfilment if necessary according to the environmental situation

Answer 3

The reality principle

Question 4

Process in the topographical model of the mind where psychic energy is focussed on a particular idea in order to consciously process it

Answer 4

Attention cathexis

Question 5

System within the topographical model of the mind which receives and processes information from the external world, and communicates through speech and behaviour

Answer 5

Conscious system

Question 6

System within the topographical model of the mind which is governed by the pleasure principle

Answer 6

Unconscious system

Question 7

System within the topographical system of the mind which communicates through dreams and parapraxes

Answer 7

Unconscious system

Question 8

System within the topographical system of the mind which acts as an interface between the conscious and unconscious levels

Answer 8

Pre-conscious system

Question 9

Dual instincts within the dual instinct theory

Answer 9

Sexual energy

Aggressive energy

Question 10

The force by which sexual instinct is represented in the mind, according to the dual instinct theory

Answer 10

Libido

Question 11

The life force which libido can be considered a part of, in the dual instinct theory

Answer 11

Eros

Question 12

The life force which the aggressive instinct can be considered part of, in the dual instincts theory

Answer 12

Thanatos

Question 13

Felt to be the dominant life force according to Freud

Answer 13

Thanatos

Question 14

Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytic psychology

Answer 14

Jung

Question 15

Jung’s term for all humans’ collective symbolic past

Answer 15

Collective unconscious

Question 16

Jung’s term for an individual’s collection of repressed memories

Answer 16

Personal unconscious

Question 17

Jung’s term for representational images which have universal symbolic meanings e.g. the ‘hero’ character

Answer 17

Archetypes

Question 18

Jung’s term for the aspects of a person’s personality which is shown to the outside world

Answer 18

Persona

Question 19

Jung’s term for the unconscious feminine aspects of a man

Answer 19

Anima

Question 20

Jung’s term for the unconscious masculine aspects of a woman

Answer 20

Animus

Question 21

Jung’s term for the personification of the unacceptable aspects of someone, which become symbolised as a dark internal alien

Answer 21

Shadow

Question 22

Jung’s term for the ultimate goal of life, being for someone to develop a self of self-identity

Answer 22

Individuation

Question 23

Maintained by the preconscious system, the barrier which censors unacceptable wishes and desires

Answer 23

Repressive barrier

Question 24

Main source of values within the super-ego

Answer 24

Parental ideals

Question 25

Model of the mind which split the mind into unconscious, preconscious and conscious

Answer 25

Topographical

Question 26

Model of the mind which split the mind into the id, ego and superego

Answer 26

Structural