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Exam 1 - Section 3 (9/15) Flashcards

1
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_________ -
• Freudian slips
– Often in speech, but also in action
– More likely when a person is tired, not paying attention, in a hurry, or excited

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Parapraxes

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Ego serves to protect a person against _________ caused by the conflicting demands of the id and _________

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  • anxiety

- superego

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : unpleasant memories are situated in the unconscious to keep them from reaching consciousness and causing pain

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Repression

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Repression: unpleasant memories are situated in the _________ to keep them from reaching consciousness and causing _________

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  • unconscious

- pain

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Cathexes vs. Anticathexes (_________ vs. _________ )

A
  • driving

- restraining

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : individual’s active and conscious attempt to stop anxiety-provoking thoughts by simply not thinking about them

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Suppression

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Suppression: individual’s active and _________ attempt to stop anxiety-provoking thoughts by simply _________ thinking about them

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  • conscious

- not

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : a person’s refusal to perceive an unpleasant event in external reality

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Denial

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : unconscious attempt to obtain gratification for id impulses by shifting them to substitute objects

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Displacement

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Displacement: unconscious attempt to obtain _________ for id impulses by shifting them to substitute _________

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  • gratification

- objects

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : form of displacement in which a socially acceptable goal replaces one that is unacceptable

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Sublimation

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : person reverts to infantile behavior to alleviate stress

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-Regression

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Regression: person reverts to infantile behavior to alleviate _________

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-stress

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : attribution of undesirable characteristics to others

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Projection

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Projection: attribution of undesirable characteristics to _________

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others

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : conversion of an undesirable impulse into its opposite (Evil person becomes a priest)

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Reaction formation

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Reaction formation: conversion of an undesirable impulse into its _________ (Evil person becomes a _________ )

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  • opposite

- priest

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Sublimation: form of displacement in which a socially _________ goal replaces one that is _________

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  • acceptable

- unacceptable

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : use of plausible but inaccurate justifications to explain behavior

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-Rationalization

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Rationalization: use of plausible but inaccurate justifications to explain _________

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behavior

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : isolating thoughts about painful events from one s feelings

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Intellectualization

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Intellectualization: isolating thoughts about painful events from one’s _________

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feelings

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : way of making amends for a socially unacceptable act by performing a socially acceptable act that nullifies the misdeed

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Undoing

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Undoing: way of making amends for a socially _________ act by performing a socially _________ act that nullifies the misdeed

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  • unacceptable

- acceptable

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ : use of contradictory behaviors to gain some satisfaction for an undesirable impulse

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Compromise formation

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-Defense Mechanisms-

Compromise formation: use of contradictory behaviors to gain some _________ for an undesirable _________

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  • satisfaction

- impulse

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ - Rather than feel the emotion you intellectualize your way out of something - Separating thoughts from emotions - mom passed so you start a new hobby and do this and thta to ignore the emotional issue

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Intellectualization

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-Defense Mechanisms-

_________ - Go out to bar do bad things - go to church the next morning

29
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-Theory of Psychosexual Development-

_________ : Libito energy passes from one stage to the next freely.

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Normal Development

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-Theory of Psychosexual Development-

_________ : Trauma prevents this flow.

A

• Abnormal Development

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-Theory of Psychosexual Development-

_________ : defensive attachment to an earlier stage of development;
stymies development toward maturity.

32
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-Stages of personality development:-

  • Oral (Infancy – 2)
  • Anal (2-3)
  • _________ (4-5)
  • Latency (6-Puberty)
  • _________ (After puberty)
A
  • Phallic

- Genital

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-Stages of personality development:-

  • _________(Infancy – 2)
  • Anal (2-3)
  • Phallic (4-5)
  • _________ (6-Puberty)
  • Genital (After puberty)
A
  • Oral

- Latency

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_________ :

  • Oral (Infancy – 2)
  • Anal (2-3)
  • Phallic (4-5)
  • Latency (6-Puberty)
  • Genital (After puberty)
A

-Stages of personality development:-

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-Character Types-

_________ character: an individual who becomes fixated because of overindulgence during feeding in the oral stage

A

Oral receptive

36
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-Character Types-

Oral receptive character: an individual who becomes fixated because of overindulgence during feeding in the oral stage
• As an adult, this person is characterized by _________, admiration for others, and excessive _________

A
  • gullibility

- dependence

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-Character Types-

_________ : an individual who becomes fixated because of underindulgence during feeding in the oral stage

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Oral aggressive character

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-Character Types-

Oral aggressive character: an individual who becomes fixated because of underindulgence during feeding in the oral stage
–As an adult, this person is characterized by _________, manipulation of others, and _________

A
  • envy

- suspiciousness

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-Character Types-

_________ : feelings of sexual pleasure that have their source in the person s control over expulsion and retention of feces

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Anal eroticism

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-Character Types-

Anal eroticism: feelings of sexual pleasure that have their source in the person s control over expulsion and retention of feces
• Stems from difficulties during _________ training, when children are locked in a battle over power and _________ with their parents

A
  • toilet

- control

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-Character Types-

_________ : an individual fixated at the anal stage, who derives pleasure from his/her control over retention of feces
• As an adult, this person is characterized by stinginess, orderliness, stubbornness, and the hoarding of possessions

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Anal character

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-Character Types-

Anal character: an individual fixated at the anal stage, who derives pleasure from his/her control over retention of feces
• As an adult, this person is characterized by _________, orderliness, stubbornness, and the _________ of possessions

A
  • stinginess

- hoarding

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-Character Types-

_________ : an individual fixated at the phallic stage who, later in life, needs to prove continually his or her sexual adequacy (wasn’t allowed to master-bate)

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Phallic character

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-Character Types-

Phallic character: an individual fixated at the phallic stage who, later in life, needs to prove continually his or her _________ adequacy (wasn’t allowed to _________ )

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  • sexual

- master-bate

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-Character Types-

_________ : a mature, healthy individual who is sexually developed and capable of relating to members of the other sex

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Genital character

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-Character Types-

Genital character: a mature, healthy individual who is sexually _________ and capable of relating to members of the other _________

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  • developed

- sex

47
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Post-classical psychoanalytic approach:
– _________ : social analysis of parent-child interactions rather than a biological analysis of conflicts between parents and children during early childhood (e.g., conflicts during feeding, toilet- training)

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Psychodynamic approach

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_________ :
– Psychodynamic approach to personality development in which individuals are predisposed to seek the guidance, support, and help of others, even when they are capable of functioning independently

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Dependent personality type

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Dependent personality type
– Psychodynamic approach to personality development in which individuals are predisposed to seek the _________ , support, and help of _________, even when they are capable of functioning independently

A
  • guidance

- others

50
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-Dependent personality type-

_________ dependence: manifestation of dependence that occurs indiscriminately and reflexively across a broad range of situations

51
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-Dependent personality type-

_________ dependence: manifestation of dependence that occurs in some contexts but not others and in ways that are situationally appropriate

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-Assessment Techniques-

_________ : technique in which the therapist encourages patients to report, without restriction, any thoughts that occur to them

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Free association

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-Assessment Techniques-

Free association–

_________ : malfunction in language, such as a slip of the tongue, a bungled word, misreading, mishearing, or forgetting words or things, which indicates the presence of underlying conflicts

A

Parapraxis

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-Assessment Techniques-

_________ : procedure used to probe the unconscious through interpretation of the patient s dreams

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Dream analysis

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-Assessment Techniques-

_________ : feelings presumed to have originally directed toward the parent(s) are now directed toward the therapist

A

Transference

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  • Assessment Techniques-
  • -Transference

_________ transference: patient redirects toward the therapist unconscious feelings of love and affection retained from experiences with authority figures

57
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  • Assessment Techniques-
  • -Transference

_________ transference: tendency of the therapist to react with personal feelings toward the patient on the basis of the therapist s own needs and conflicts

58
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  • Assessment Techniques-
  • -Transference

_________ transference: patient redirects toward the therapist unconscious feelings of anger and hostility retained from experiences with authority figures

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_________ refers to disordered behaviors, ranging from ineffective coping with everyday problems (neurosis) to a serious inability to relate to other people (psychosis)

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Psychopathology

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Psychopathology refers to disordered behaviors, ranging from ineffective coping with everyday problems (_________) to a serious inability to relate to other people (_________)

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  • neurosis

- psychosis

61
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Psychoanalytical therapy places heavy emphasis on the roles of _________ and _________ factors in the determination of behavior

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  • biological

- unconscious

62
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_________ : highly comprehensive theory; extremely broad scope

A

Comprehensiveness

63
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_________ : not very precise and very difficult to test adequately

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Precision and testability

64
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_________ : too simplistic and reductionistic

65
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_________ : support for the theory is mixed; empirical support for the theory of psychosexual development is satisfactory; for the theory of therapy, the support is not very good

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Empirical validity

66
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_________ : very high; has generated and, in some quarters, continues to generate new theorizing and research

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Heuristic value

67
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_________ : has very high applied value; used by investigators in many disciplines to understand personal development in the family

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Applied value

68
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_________ : we invest our emotion/energy into a person or object the concentration of mental energy on one particular person, idea, or object (especially to an unhealthy degree).

69
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_________ : The energy used by caring

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Anticathexes

Psyc of Personality 336 (19 decks)

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