Freud Flashcards

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set of related assumptions that allow scientists to use logical deductive reasoning to formulate testable hypotheses

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theory

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not from a single concept, idea, or assumption

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set

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integrative, not isolated, capable of generating meaningful hypothesis and possessing internal consistency

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related

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not proven facts but accepted as if they were true

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assumptions

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to create meaning and contribute to the ongoing process of theory construction

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logical deductive reasoning

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suggests the possibility for future scientists to develop the necessary means to test the assumptions of the theory

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testable

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theory starts with ______

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what you know or your experiences

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why are there different theories?

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  • to further improve the objectivity in gathering data
  • divergent theories can be useful references for agreement or contrast with other theories
  • to further generate research and explain research data and other observations
  • the nature of theory dictates having continuous speculations and assumptions in a particular perspective
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all personality theories are:

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  • reflection of the authors’ personal background
  • childhood experiences
  • philosophy of life
  • interpersonal relationships
  • unique manner of looking at the world
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what makes a theory useful?

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  • generates research
  • is falsifiable
  • organizes data
  • guides action
  • is internally consistent
  • is parsimonious
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has the ability to stimulate and guide further research

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generates research

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2 different kinds of research that a useful theory generates:

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  • descriptive
  • hypothesis-testing
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has the ability to be confirmed or disconfirmed, verify or falsify through research

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falsifiable

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a theory is falsifiable because it is ______

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not fixed

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capable of integrating what is currently known

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organizes data

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stimulates thought and action in other disciplines and broad range of scholarly fields

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guides action

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its limitation of scope are carefully defined and it does not offer explanation outside its bounds of scope

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internally consistent

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simple, straightforward, understandable

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parsimonious

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law of parsimony

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“plurality should not be posited without necessity”

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proponent of classical psychoanalytic theory

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sigmund freud

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freud learned to treat hysteria from

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Jean-Martin Charcot

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freud learned catharsis from

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Josef Breuer

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focus of psychoanalysis

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hysteria

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age wherein personality is already complete

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catharsis =
venting out
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levels of mental life
- conscious - preconscious - unconscious
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mental elements of awareness at any given point in time
concsious
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conscious level are perceptions that are not too ____but disguised as ______ or dream elements
- threatening - defense behaviors
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perceived consciousness in a transitory period but is disguised
preconscious
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the preconscious is disguised as:
- defensive behaviors - slip of the tongue - dream elements
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slip of the tongue is called
Freudian slip
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contains all the drives, urges, instincts beyond awareness motivating words, feelings, and actions
unconscious
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unthreatened level
conscious
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level in which some threats are present but the preconscious coats them with defense mechanisms
preconcsious
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fundamental rule of psychoanalysis
free association
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free association is simply ______
bringing out your catharsis
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dreams (acc to freud) can be either translated into either:
- sexual urges - wish fulfillment
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types of dreams
- manifest - latent
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3 kinds of dream distortion
- condensation - synthesis - dislocation
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summary of one's day
synthesis
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dream wherein the person is in one place but is actually thinking of another place
dislocation
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occurs when a single dream image carries two or more familiar creatures
condensation
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states that all human behaviors has a cause, nothing happened by chance
everyday life
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everyday life includes:
- lapses of memory - freudian slips
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disturbed area of your life
humor
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for a joke to be funny, it must contain _____
anxiety-provoking material
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structure of personality is also called
provinces of the mind
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most primitive part of the mind
id
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id is governed by what principle
pleasure principle
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id exists on what level of the mind
unconscious
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in contact with reality
ego
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ego is governed by
reality principle
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used by ego to defend itself against anxiety, from mediation of divergent forces
defense mechanisms
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ego acts as the _____ between the id and superego
mediator
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represents the moral and ideal aspects of personality
superego
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superego is governed by what principle
moralistic & idealistic principle
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is superego realistic in its demands for perfection?
no, because it grows out of the ego and has no contact with reality
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superego is divided into:
- conscience - ego-ideal
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why should the id and superego not be always conflicted?
the ego will be troubled
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is there ego & superego in psychosis?
no, id overpowers the two
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motivational principle behind people's actions
dynamics of personality
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characterized by an impetus, a source, an aim, and an object
drives
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2 major headings of drives
- sex - aggression
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______ is the eros, while _____ is the thanatos
- sex - aggression
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sex drive
libido
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life instinct; drive for recreation
sex
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death instinct
aggression (thanatos)
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result of conflict between the 3 structures of personality
anxiety
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3 kinds of anxiety
- reality anxiety - neurotic anxiety - moral anxiety
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fear that id will overwhelm the ego and cause for punishment
neurotic anxiety
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fear that superego will not be headed and result to guilt
moral anxiety
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real, objective source of danger in the environment
reality anxiety
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it is the "should have & could have"
moral anxiety
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defense mechanisms:
- repression - regression - displacement - introjection - reaction formation - projection - rationalization - denial - intellectualization - sublimation - fixation
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pushing thoughts into the unconscious
repression
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coming up with a beneficial result of an undesirable outcome
rationalization
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unaccepted feeling, trait, or doing is repressed and seen in someone else instead
projection
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redirecting one's feelings toward another person to lesser threatening things
displacement
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channeling one's frustration toward something creative and cultural accomplishment
sublimation
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permanent attachment of the libido onto an earlier, more primitive stage of development
fixation
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undertaking an academic, unemotional study of a topic to cover up feelings / anxiety
intellectualizatio
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not accepting the ego-threatening truth
denial
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returning to an earlier, comforting form of behavior
regression
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to increase personal feelings of worth by taking on the characteristics of someone viewed successful
introjection
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psychosexual stages of development
- oral stage - anal stage - phallic stage - latency stage - genital stage
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child represses sexual interest, develops social and intellectual skills
latency stage
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latency stage is also called
interlude
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time of sexual reawakening
genital
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mouth is the erogenous zone
oral stage
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genitals are the erogenous zone
phallic stage
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anus is the erogenous zone
anal stage
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crucial in anal stage
toilet training
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2 complexes under phallic stage
- oedipal complex - electra complex
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applications of psychoanalytic theory
- birth trauma - free association and hypnotherapy - transference and countertransference - dream analysis and wish fulfillment - freudian slips
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term for the trauma after being separated from the womb of the mother
birth trauma
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inconsistent personality, dangerous, constantly changing
incongruent personality
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incongruent personality happens if
the person wasn't able to regulate the 3 structures of personality
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