Freud

Question 1

Psychosexual stages of development

Answer 1

• Oral (0 to 18 months of age)
• Anal (18 months to 3 years of age)
• Phallic (3 to 5 years of age)
• Latency (5 to 12 years of age)
• Genital (12 years of age to adulthood)

Question 2

Oral (0 to 18 months of age)

Answer 2

“oral character” -> dependence

Question 3

Anal (18 months to 3 years of age)

Answer 3

Anal retentive vs Anal expulsive

Question 4

Phallic (3 to 5 years of age)

Answer 4

Phallic fixation: Anxiety and guilty feelings about sex, fear of
castration, and narcissistic personality

Question 5

Latency (5 to 12 years of age)

Answer 5

sexual suppression to allow energy in other directions

Question 6

Genital (12 years of age to adulthood)

Answer 6

Freud believed at this point the damage was already done.

Question 7

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 7

• Repression
• Denial
• Projection
• Displacement
• Sublimation
• Regression
• Rationalization

Question 8

Rationalization

Answer 8

Creating logical, socially acceptable
explanations for behaviors which were actually
driven by unconscious impulses

Question 9

Regression

Answer 9

Protecting the individual by returning to an

earlier, “safer” time of life

Question 10

Sublimation

Answer 10

Dangerous urges are transformed into

positive, socially meaningful motivations

Question 11

Displacement

Answer 11

Shifting one’s unconscious aggression or fears to a safer target (hydraulic model)

Question 12

Projection

Answer 12

Attributing anxiety-provoking impulse or thoughts to others

Question 13

Denial

Answer 13

Refusal to acknowledge anxiety- provoking

stimuli

Question 14

Repression

Answer 14

Pushes threatening thoughts and ideas into the

unconscious

Question 15

ID

Answer 15

Id – guided by the Pleasure Principle

Question 16

ID

Answer 16

• Guided by the Pleasure Principle
• Instinctual needs, drives, & impulses
• Sexual; fueled by libido (sexual energy)

Question 17

Ego

Answer 17

• Guided by the Reality Principle
• Seeks gratification but guides us to know when we can & can’t express our wishes
• Ego defense mechanisms protect us from anxiety

Question 18

Superego

Answer 18

• Guided by the Morality
  Principle
• Conscience; unconsciously adopted from our parents

Question 19

Resistance

Answer 19

Oppositional behavior when an individual’s unconscious defenses of the ego are threatened by an external source.

Question 20

Transference

Answer 20

A phenomenon in psychotherapy in which there is an unconscious redirection of feelings from one person to another

Question 21

Latent content of dreams

Answer 21

The hidden psychological meaning of the dream

Question 22

Manifest content of dreams

Answer 22

The actual images, thoughts, and content contained within the dream

Question 23

Implicit thoughts

Answer 23

• Thoughts and feelings are “implicit” if we are unaware of them or mistaken about their nature
• Implicit biases are influenced by experiences, although these attitudes may not be the result of direct personal experience.
• Implicit attitudes however are less controlled and more emotional and are better at predicting behaviors sharing those qualities, like impulsive behaviors

Question 24

Unconscious thought

Answer 24

The unconscious mind is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that are outside of our conscious awareness