Freud

Question 1

What is id

Answer 1

It is your drive for pleasure. happens in the unconscious mind. Freud said you are born with this. Motivated by pleasure principle

Question 2

What is ego

Answer 2

Ego balances the Id and superego and happens in the conscious mind. Motivated by reality principle

Question 3

What is superego

Answer 3

It is your moral compass to do good happens in your unconscious mind. Motivated by morality principle

Question 4

What happens if your id is dominant

Answer 4

You could be selfish, become and addict and be out of control

Question 5

What happens if your superego is dominant

Answer 5

You can be strict, depressed and have anxiety

Question 6

What are defence mechanisms

Answer 6

They are what the ego uses to protect you from trauma or abuse

Question 7

What 3 main types of defence mechanisms are their

Answer 7

Denial, repression and displacement

Question 8

What is displacement

Answer 8

It is where you redirect your feelings to another suitable traget

Question 9

What is repression

Answer 9

Repression is where thoughts are kept out of conscious mind

Question 10

What is denial

Answer 10

Refusing to accept a fact that has happened

Question 11

What is the conscious mind

Answer 11

Contains thoughts and perceptions that can be actively used

Question 12

What is the unconscious mind

Answer 12

Contains thoughts that have been suppressed during childhood.

Question 13

What psychosexual stages are their

Answer 13

Oral, anal, phallic, latent, genital stage

Question 14

What is the oral stage

Answer 14

• the mouth is the focus of pleasure - id
• the id is in control
  -fixation occurs at this stage of a child is weaned too soon or is not weaned soon enough makes the adult gain pleasure from oral gratification

Question 15

What is the anal stage

Answer 15

• 1-3 years old or when potty training is completed
• the focus for pleasure is the anus
• if stage not resolved it will lead to anal character
• anally retentive - very tidy, Likes order and being in control
• anally expulsive - generous but disorganised doesn’t like to follow rules

Question 16

What is the phallic stage

Answer 16

• occurs between the ages of 3-5 with superego
• The focus of pleasure and sexual energy is genitals
• Boys experience the Oedipus complex
• Boy takes on gender identity when they release they are male

Question 17

What is the latency stage

Answer 17

• age 6 to puberty approximately
• Sexual urges sublimated into sports and other hobbies
• Focus on developing same sex friendships
• No particular requirements for successful completion
• Lull before the storm of puberty

Question 18

What is the genital stage

Answer 18

• puberty into adulthood
• Focus on genitals but not so same extent as phallic stage
• Task is to develop healthy adult relationships
• This should happen if earlier stages have been negotiated successfully

Question 19

What is the psychodynamic approach

Answer 19

• it is one of the earliest approaches in psychology
• where childhood will make you who you are when you grow up
• experiences from childhood come out later in some sort of disorder

Question 20

What is psychoanalysis

Answer 20

It is the talking cure, makes the unconscious thoughts turn into conscious thoughts by talking about it

Question 21

What is the case study little hans about

Answer 21

It is about a 5 year old boy who is scared of horses as they remind him of his father. Little hans is like this because he is jealous of his father and wants his mum all to himself and sees his dad as a rival.

Question 22

What is the Oedipus complex

Answer 22

The attachment of the child to the parent of the opposite sex, accompanied by envious and aggressive feelings toward the parent of the same sex