Ego Flashcards
stated that unconscious factors determine the shape of symptoms, thought, feelings and behavior
sigmund freud
basic concept: all behavior has meaning and a discoverable cause
deterministic
basic concept: analyzes the flow of psychiatric energy
dynamic
basic concept: personality develops through a series of alterable stages
developmental
3 levels of awareness
conscious
preconscious
subconsciou
awareness referring to: current thinking processes and attention to object
conscious
awareness referring to: deliberately brought to the conscious and can be aware of if we attend to them
preconscious
awareness referring to: unaware of and cannot be aware of except on special circumstances
subconscious
mental agency containign vall inehrtied at birth and fixed in person’s constitution
id
biological component of the eprsonality
id
known as the need for immediate gratification
pleasure principle
reduction of psychic energy bcoz it cannot tolerate an increase in this energy
pleasure
2 ways to reduce energy levels
reflex action
primary process
automatic responses to sources of irritation
reflex action
forming an image of an object previously associated with satisfaction of a drive
primary process
this develops bcoz primary process cant satisfy needs i. reality
ego
provides an interference between the id and reality
ego
secondary processes involved with the ego
perception
recognition
judgment
memory
this aims to supress id’s impulses and rpevents ego from attempting to satisfy the id
superego
counterbalances the id particularly in sex and aggression
superego
seeks to persuade the ego ro seek moralistic goalds and forego realistic ones
superego
id, ego, superego: which reside totally in the unconscious
id
id, ego, superego: which resides within preconcious and conscious
ego
id, ego, superego: which resides partially in all levels of consciousness
superego
this aims to reduce tensiin which produces a momentary state of bliss
instinct
2 major instincts
eros
thanatos
all forces serving to maintain vital life processes and assure propagation of the species
eros
underlie all manifestations f cruelty, aggression, destructiveness, suicide and murder
thanatos
adult personality is determined by
notion of psychic determination
unconscious mental activity
role of childhood experience
threefold aspect of psychoanalysis
therapeutic technique
scien and theoretical knowledge
method of investigation
beginning of psychoanalysis
joseph breuer
bertha pappenheim
removing symptoms thru a process of recovering and undertaking suppressed feelings with which symptoms were associated
abreaction
form of neutralized psychic energy were the person eas aware of a particular idea or feeling as a result of investing a discrete amount of psychic energy in the idea
attention cathexis
which among the levels of awareness is the repressive barrier
preconscious
governed by pleasure principle
unconscious
reservoir of undorganized instinctual drives
id
lacks the capacity to delay instinctual drives
id
three components of personality accdg to freud
ego
superego
ego and the id
operates on the reality principles
ego
executive organ of the psyche
ego
unconcscious component of the ego
defense mechanism
conscious component of the ego
logical and abstract thinking
operates under the morality principle
superego
prescribes what the person should do
ego ideal
dictates what. person must not do
superego ideal
manners in which we are behave or think in certain ways to better protect ourselves
defense mechanisms
classifications of defense mecha
narcissistic
immature
neurotic
mature
which classification: most primitive and appear in children and persons who are psychotically disturbed
narcissistic
which classification: seen in adols and some nonpsychotic px
immature
which classification: encountered in OC and hysterical patients as well as stressed adults
neurotic
which classification: used by healthy indivs, they optimize one’s ability to have normal relationships, enjoy work and pleasure on life
mature
which def mech: avoiding awareness of some paiful aspect of reality by negating sensort date
denial
which def mech: grossly reshaping external reality to suit inner needs and using sustained feelings of delusional superiority and entitlement
distortion
which def mech: perceiving and reacting to unacceptable inner impulses and their derivatives as though they were outside the self
projection
which def mech: involves taking our own unacceptable qualities or feelings and ascribing them to other people
projection
immature defenses
acting out blocking hypochondriasis introjection passive-aggressive regression schizoid fantasy somatization
which immature def mech: expressing using an unconscious wish or impulse thru action to avoid being conscious of an accompanying affect
acting out
which immature def mech: chronically giving in to impulse to avoid the tension resulting to postponement of expression
acting out
which immature def mech: temporarily or transiently inhibiting thinking
blocking
which immature def mech: resembles repression but differs in that tension arises when the impulse, affect or thought is inhibited
blocking
which immature def mech: exaggerating or overemphasizing an illness for the purpose of evasion and regression
hypochondriasis
which immature def mech: reproach arising from bereavement, loneliness, or unacceptable aggressive impulsesw towards others is transformed into self-reproach and complaints of pain, somatic illness and neurasthenia
hypochondriasis
which immature def mech: converting psychic derivatives into bodily symptoms and tending to react with somatic manifestations, rather than psychic
somatization
which immature def mech: internalizing the qualtiies of an object
introjection
which immature def mech: expressing aggression towards others indirectly thru passivity, masochism and turning against the self
passive-aggressive
which immature def mech: attempting to return to an earlier libidinal phase of functioning to avoid the tension and conflict evoked at the present level of devt
regression
which immature def mech: reflects the basic tendency to gain instinctual gratification at a less-developed period
regression
which immature def mech: indulging in autistic retreat to resolve conflict and to obtain gratification
schizoid fantasy
neurotic defenses
counselling displacement dissociation externalization inhibitin intellectulalization isolation rationalization reaction formation repression sexualization
which neurotic defense: attempting to manage or regulate events or objects in the environment to minimize anxiety and to resolve inner conflicts
controlling
which neurotic defense: shifting an emotion or drive cathexis from one idea to another that resembles the original in some aspect or quality
displacement
which neurotic defense: temporarily but drastically modifying a person’s character or one’s sense of personal identity to avoid emotional distress
dissociation
common manifestations on dissociation
fugue states
hysterical convo rxns
which neurotic defense: tending to perceive in the external world and in external objecta elements of one’s own personality, including instinctual impulses, conflicts, moods, attitudes and styles of thinking
externalization
which is more general: externalization or projection?
externalization
which neurotic defense: consciously limiting or renouncing some ego functions, alone or in combination, to evade anxiety impulses, the superego, or environmental forces or figures
inhibition
which neurotic defense: excessively using intellectual processes to avoid affective expression or experience
intellectualization
which neurotic defense: works to reduce anxiety by thinking about events in a cold, clinical way
inttelectualization
which neurotic defense: separating an idea from the affect that accompanies it but is repressed
isolation
which neurotic defense: absence of object relationships
isolation
which neurotic defense: offering explanations in an attempt to justify attitudes, beliefs or behavior that may otherwise be unacceptable
rationalization
which neurotic defense: transforming an unacceptable impulse into its opposite
rxn formation
rxn formation is characteristic of what neurpsis
obsessional neurosis
which neurotic defense: expelling from consciousness an idea or feeling
repression
which neurotic defense: refers to curbing of ideas and feelings before they have attained consciousness
primary repression
which neurotic defense: excludes from awareness what was once experiences at a conscious level
secondary repression
which neurotic defense: endowing an object with sexual significance that it did not previously have or possessed to a smaller degree to ward off anxieties associated with prohibited impulses or their derivatives
sexualization
mature defenses
altruism anticipation asceticism humor sublimation suppression
which mature defense: using constructive and instinctually gratifying service to others to undergo vicarious experience
altruism
which mature defense: realistically planning for future inner discomfort
anticipation
which mature defense: eliminating the pleasurable effects of experience
asceticism
which mature defense: using comedhy to overtly express feelings and thought without personal discomfort or immobilization and without rpoducing an unpleasant effect on others
humor
which mature defense: achieving impulse gratification and the retention of goals but altering a socially objectionable aim or object to a socially acceptable one
sublimation
which mature defense: consciously or osemiconsciously postponing attention to a conscius impulse or conflict
suppression
