Fables, Psycology Flashcards
Epimythium
Part of a fable that summarizes the moral
What is a Fable?
- short fictional work, either in verse or prose
- frequently uses animals or inanimate objects as actors
- primary function is to convey a moral lessons
Unconscious mind to Freud
- the part of out mind we are aware of
- includes memories, desires, and fears
- not aware of contents
- escapes through dreams, hypnosis, and stories
Id (Meaning and Pleasure vs. Reality)
- Freud
- unconscious desires for food, water, sex, and attention
- pleasure- immediate satisfaction
- reality- thought for future
- completely unconscious
Superego (Meaning)
- Freud
- tries to act in a socially appropriate manner
- mostly unconscious
Ego (Meaning and Pleasure vs. Reality)
- Freud
- organizes the thoughts and experiences of the mind, referee between id and superego and the world
- partly unconscious
Oedipal Complex
- Freud
- A boys attraction to his mother and jealousy toward his mother
Electra Complex
-A girl’s attraction to her father and jealousy towards her mother
Phallic Symbols
- Freud
- Hidden messages in fairytales about sexual development
Conscious
Ego
Personal Unconscious
Includes experiences that have been repressed or forgotten
Collective Unconscious
Includes that experiences of previous generations and even animal ancestors, preserving traces of humanity evolutionary development over time
Persona
- Jung
- When you care what people think of you, it can cause an emotional drainage
Anima/Animus
Represents innermost self, Anima is man’s female, Animus is a female’s man
Shadow
Animal instincts, the unconscious personality
Self
Unity of the entire personality individuation is to reach an ultimate goal
Denial Mechanism
Refusing to acknowledge a painful or threatening reality
Repression
excluding uncomfortable thoughts from consciousness
projection
attributing one’s own repressed motives, feelings, or wishes to others
identification
taking on the characteristics of someone else to avoid feeling incompetent
regression
reverting to childlike behavior and defenses
The Frog King
- Id
- Ego
- Superego
- Pleasure
- Reality
- Electra
- Frog, he desires the princesses attention
- Princess, she runs from the frog which was her desire however listening to her father she does the right thing
- Father (King), he directs the daughter in the right direction
- receiving the ball and running away from the promise
- her father makes her fill the promise
- The princess doesn’t want the attention of the frog rather the father
characteristics of Aesop
- physically deformed
- slave
- freedom through wisdom
- killed by people of Delphi
Difference between Jung and Freud
Freud believed the unconscious place was caused by repression
Jung Believe the unconscious with the natural part of the mind source of images and symbols that help us find meaning in life
