E2L2 - Psychology (Dr. Kate Goldhaber) Flashcards
Biological urges, instincts. Maximizes pleasure; acts according to the pleasure principle.
What part of the psyche is this, according to Freud’s model?
Id
Realistic thinking. Postpones pleasure till appropriate. Mediates between desires of id and superego; acts according to the reality principle.
What part of the psyche is this, according to Freud?
Ego
Values, conscience, ideals
What part of the psyche is this, according to Freud?
Superego
What is a “defense mechanism”
Ways the EGO wards off anxiety/unpleasant emotions. Defense mechanisms can become pathological.
Married man is attracted to another woman, and accuses wife of cheating with another man. Defense mech?
Projection
Anxious, homesick college freshmen sleeps with favorite childhood teddy bear…
Regression
Attending doc mistreats resident, who in turn is abusive towards M3…
Identification
Inability to recall abuse in your early childhood…
Repression
Giving personally embarrassing testimony in court, in a very professional manner
Isolation of affect
In anatomy, med student copes with feelings of digest and revulsion towards the dead by focusing on the assigned lesson
Intellectualization
Doc tells patient he has cancer. When asked about the prognosis, doc launches into lengthy molecular mechanism.
Intellectualization
Man comes home and takes out pent-up aggression on dog.
Displacement
Angry wife fantasizes about husbands death. She then reminds him to take his meds.
Undoing
Neglectful parent showers presents on his/her children
Undoing
Joe has a sadistic impulse to inflict pain, and channels that energy into becoming a surgeon.
Sublimation